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Westervelde
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Place details
- Locality
- Westervelde
- Region
- Drenthe
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 165
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Westervelde
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Tonckensborg3.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Huis te Westervelde
- 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
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Drenthe
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Noordenveld
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 9
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 0.59
- Settlement.population_total
- 150
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_density_urban_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Noordenveld
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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- History
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Westervelde is a village in the Netherlands and part of the Noordenveld municipality in Drenthe.
==History== Westervelde is an esdorp which developed in the Middle Ages on higher grounds. The communal pasture of the village is triangular. It was first mentioned in 1484 as Westeruelde. The name means western field. It was established as a daughter settlement of Norg.
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