Vlagtwedde () is a village in the very southeast of Groningen province in the northeastern Netherlands. It lies on the Dutch border with the German state of Lower Saxony to the east.
History The municipality of Vlagtwedde was created in December 1811."Geschiedenis" (in Dutch), Municipality of Vlagwedde. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
On 1 January 2018, the municipality of Vlagtwedde was merged with Bellingwedde to form the new municipality of Westerwolde.Marcel Looden, "Westerwolde: 40 mensen tekort" (in Dutch), Dagblad van het Noorden, 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
Geography The population centres in the municipality of Vlagtwedde were:
Abeltjeshuis, Bakovensmee, Barnflair, Borgertange, Borgerveld, Bourtange, Burgemeester Beinsdorp, De Bruil, Ellersinghuizen, Hanetange, Harpel, Hasseberg, Hebrecht, 't Heem, Jipsingboermussel, Jipsingboertange, Jipsinghuizen, Lammerweg, Laude, Lauderbeetse, Laudermarke, Lauderzwarteveen, Leemdobben, Maten, Munnekemoer, Over de Dijk, Overdiep, Pallert, Plaggenborg, Poldert, Renneborg, Rhederveld, Rijsdam, Roelage, 't Schot, Sellingen, Sellingerbeetse, Sellingerzwarteveen, Slegge, Stakenborg, Stobben, Ter Apel, Ter Apelkanaal, Ter Borg, Ter Haar, Ter Walslage, Ter Wisch, Veele, Veerste Veldhuis, Vlagtwedde, Vlagtwedder-Barlage, Vlagtwedder-Veldhuis, Weende, Weenderveld, Weite, Wessingtange, Wollingboermarke, Wollinghuizen, Zandberg and Zuidveld.
Because of the large number of official centres, the municipality had five postal codes: 9541 Vlagtwedde 9545 Bourtange 9551 Sellingen 9561 Ter Apel 9563 Ter Apelkanaal
All 60 villages and hamlets in the municipality received their own town sign in 2008.
Politics The municipal council of Vlagtwedde had 17 seats. The table below gives results since 2002.
Council seatsParty2002200620102014Local municipal interests3455CDA5334PvdA4643VVD3221GreenLeft1121ChristianUnion1111Party for the Animals0001D660001Total17171717
There was an election in November 2017 for the council of the new merged Westerwolde municipality that commenced work on 1 January 2018, replacing Vlagtwedde council.
Public transport Vlagtwedde is served by several bus lines: line 14: Stadskanaal-Alteveer-Vlagtwedde-Veele-Blijham-Winschoten line 42: Emmen-Emmer Compascuum-Ter Apel-Sellingen-Vlagtwedde line 72: Vlagtwedde-Bourtange line 73: Emmen-Nieuw Weerdinge-Ter Apel-Ter Apelkanaal-Zandberg-Musselkanaal-Stadskanaal-Hoogezand-Groningen buurtbus (community volunteer-driven bus) 92: Stadskanaal-Mussel-Jipsingbourtange-Jipsinghuizen-Sellingen
International relations Vlagtwedde is twinned with:
Międzyrzecz, Poland
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