Winschoten
Sign in to saveWinschoten (; ) is a city with a population of 18,518 in the municipality of Oldambt in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is the largest city in the region of Oldambt in the province of Groningen which has 38,213 inhabitants.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Winschoten
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Winschoten Burgemeester Schönfeldplein.jpg
- Settlement.image_size
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- City center of Winschoten in 2010
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Winschoten.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 100px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Winschoten wapen.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 75px
- Settlement.image_blank_emblem
- Gemeente Winschoten logo (without St. Vitus).jpg
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- (former) brandmark
- Settlement.nicknames
- Sodom, Molenstad
- Settlement.image_map
- Map - NL - Municipality code 0052 (2009).svg
- Settlement.map_alt
- Highlighted position of Winschoten in a municipal map of Groningen
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Groningen
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands Groningen#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
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Winschoten (; ) is a city with a population of 18,518 in the municipality of Oldambt in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is the largest city in the region of Oldambt in the province of Groningen which has 38,213 inhabitants.
Winschoten received its city rights in 1825. It was a separate municipality until it was merged into Oldambt in 2010. The seat of government of Oldambt is in Winschoten.