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Wapserveen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Westerveld, and lies about 21 km northwest of Hoogeveen.

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Wapserveen
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Village
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File:Overzicht boerderij - Wapserveen - 20375494 - RCE.jpg
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Farm in Wapserveen
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Country
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Netherlands
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Province
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Drenthe
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Municipality
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Westerveld <!--
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Map NL - Westerveld - Wapserveen.png
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The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Wapserveen in the municipality of Westerveld.
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Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
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Location in province of Drenthe in the Netherlands
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5
Settlement.area_total_km2
19.07
Settlement.population_total
790

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Wapserveen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Westerveld, and lies about 21&nbsp;km northwest of Hoogeveen.

== History == The village was first mentioned in 1395 or 1396 as Wasperveen, which means "peat excavation village belonging to Wapse". Wapserveen is a road village near a peat excavation area. It was founded by colonists from Friesland. Large scale excavation did not start until the 17th and 18th century.

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

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