Roden, Drenthe

Roden
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Coordinates: 53°8′18″N 6°25′57″E / 53.13833°N 6.43250°E / 53.13833; 6.43250
Country	Netherlands
Province	Drenthe
Municipality	Noordenveld

Roden is a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is located in the municipality of Noordenveld, about 16 (10 miles) km southwest of Groningen. Roden has 15.000 citizens.

Roden was a separate municipality until 1998, before it merged into the municipality of Noordenveld, during the last municipal reorganisations.^[1]

Notable people

• Peter Dijkstra (born 1978), conductor

References

1. ↑ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006.

External links

• J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Roden". Map of the former municipality in 1868.

Coordinates: 53°08′N 6°26′E / 53.133°N 6.433°E / 53.133; 6.433