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Kropswolde

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Kropswolde () is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Midden-Groningen, about 3 km southwest of the town of Hoogezand and 5 km northeast of the town of Zuidlaren.

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Place details

Locality
Kropswolde
Region
Groningen
Country
Nederland
Population
180

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Air quality

50US AQIGood
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14.4 µg/m³
PM10
20.6 µg/m³
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Key facts

Settlement.name
Kropswolde
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.image_skyline
Kropswolde Kerk.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
Protestant Church in 2011
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Groningen
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Midden-Groningen
Settlement.pushpin_map
Netherlands Groningen
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location of Kropswolde in the province of Groningen
Settlement.area_total_km2
16.03
Settlement.elevation_m
1.0
Settlement.population_as_of
2021
Settlement.population_total
1,635
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.timezone
CET

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Wikidata facts

Time zone
UTC+01:00
Image
Kropswolde Kerk.JPG
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Encyclopedic overview

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Kropswolde () is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Midden-Groningen, about 3 km southwest of the town of Hoogezand and 5 km northeast of the town of Zuidlaren.

==History== The village used to be a part of the jurisdiction of "Gorecht". The first confirmed mention of the village is in a charter from the year 1249 where it is called "Crepeswalda". Later it is also mentioned as Crepeswolda, Crepiswald, Crep(p)eswolde, Creppeswolde or Crepelliswald.

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

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