Meeden
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Place details
- Locality
- Meeden
- Region
- Groningen
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 1,440
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Meeden
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Mieden (Grinslân), tsjerke.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Protestant Church
- 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#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Meeden in the province of Groningen
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Groningen
- Population
- +989
- Area
- +2.86
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Exterieur vanuit het zuid-oosten - Meeden - 20152133 - RCE.jpg
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- P8168
- Krzysztof Pływaczyk
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Meeden is a village in the municipality of Midden-Groningen in the province of Groningen, Netherlands.
==History== The village was first mentioned in 1391 as de Medum, which means "lower hay lands". Meeden is a road village that developed on the sandy ridge on the border with the Oldambt and the peat colonies. It was founded in the 11th century as a satellite of the former village of , but moved southwards during the 15th century.