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Wachtum is a village located in the municipality of Coevorden, within the Dutch province of Drenthe.

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Settlement.name
Wachtum
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Drenthe
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Coevorden
Settlement.pushpin_map
Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
Settlement.image_skyline
Wachtum De Hoop.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
250px
Settlement.image_caption
Windmill De Hoop
Settlement.elevation_m
13
Settlement.area_total_km2
12.27
Settlement.population_total
384
Settlement.population_as_of
2021
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.population_density_urban_km2
auto

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Instance of
village
Located in
Coevorden
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Image
Wachtum De Hoop.jpg
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Wachtum
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Wachtum is a village located in the municipality of Coevorden, within the Dutch province of Drenthe.

== History == The village was first mentioned between 1381 and 1383 "to Wachtman". The etymology is unknown. Wachtum is an esdorp without a church which developed in the Early Middle Ages on a sandy ridge.

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

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