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Eexterveen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 17 km east of Assen.

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Eexterveen
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Village
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Farm in Eexterveen
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Eexterveen in the municipality of Aa en Hunze.
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Netherlands
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Drenthe

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Eexterveen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 17&nbsp;km east of Assen.

== History == The village was first mentioned in 1479 as Egesteruene, and means "raised bog belonging to Eext". Eexterveen developed during the 19th century as a peat excavation village.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eexterveen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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