Nieuwe Pekela
Nieuwe Pekela is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Pekela, about 6 km southeast of Veendam.
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 Nieuwe Pekela in 1968 | |
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| Coordinates: 53°4′43″N 6°57′51″E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Groningen |
| Municipality | Pekela |
| Population (2008) | 4,060 |
Nieuwe Pekela was a separate municipality until 1990, when it merged with Oude Pekela to form the new municipality of Pekela.[1]
Gallery
Former townhall
Reformed church
Drawing bridge: de Ommelanderklap
Drawing bridge: de Zuidkant Klap
Famous people
Marcel Meijer (b. 1966), the mayor of the Danish island of Samsø was born in Nieuwe Pekela.
Synax (b. 2002), electronic music duo, live in Nieuwe Pekela.
René Paas, the King's Commissioner in the province of Groningen, lived in Nieuwe Pekela in his youth.[2]
References
- Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
- "Vrouw stuurt nieuwe CdK René Paas eerst op kamers" (in Dutch), RTV Noord, 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
External links
- J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Nieuwe Pekela". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.
Media related to Nieuwe Pekela at Wikimedia Commons
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