Zeijen
Sign in to saveZeijen (also: Zeyen) is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Tynaarlo.
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Place details
- Locality
- Zeijen
- Region
- Drenthe
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 737
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Zeijen
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Overzicht - Zeyen - 20221237 - RCE.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Village street
- 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
- Tynaarlo <!--
- Settlement.image_map
- LocatieTynaarlo.png -->
- Settlement.image_map1
- Map NL - Tynaarlo - Zeijen.png
- Settlement.map_caption1
- The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Zeijen in the municipality of Tynaarlo.
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 10
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 11.91
- Settlement.population_total
- 735
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Tynaarlo
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Overzicht - Zeyen - 20221237 - RCE.jpg
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- Zeijen
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Notable people born in Zeijen
- References
Zeijen (also: Zeyen) is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Tynaarlo.
The village was first mentioned in 1370 as Lutbert van Zien, and means "slowly flowing" which is probably a reference to the Matsloot stream. Zeijen is an esdorp without a church which developed in the Middle Ages. Zeijen was home to 215 people in 1840.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zeijen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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