Ruinerwold
Sign in to saveRuinerwold is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is located in the municipality of De Wolden, about 6 km northeast of Meppel.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ruinerwold
- Region
- Drenthe
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 2,485
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ruinerwold
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_flag
- Ruinerwold vlag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Ruinerwold wapen.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x100px
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kerk te Ruinerwold.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Local church
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in province of Drenthe in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Drenthe
- Population
- +1349
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Kerk te Ruinerwold.JPG
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Ruinerwold is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is located in the municipality of De Wolden, about 6 km northeast of Meppel.
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1792 as Ruiner Wold, and means "the swampforest belonging to Ruinen". Ruinerwold is a road village which developed on a sandy ridge since the 13th century.