Gasteren

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| name = Gasteren

| settlement_type = Village

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| native_name_lang = nl

| image_skyline = File:Overzicht Brink - Gasteren - 20529345 - RCE.jpg

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| image_caption = The village green of Gasteren

| image_flag = Gasteren vlag.svg

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| image_map1 = Map NL - Aa en Hunze - Gasteren.png

| map_caption1 = The village (dark red) and the statistical district (light green) of Gasteren in the municipality of Aa en Hunze.

| pushpin_map = Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands

| pushpin_label_position = left

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Drenthe

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Aa en Hunze

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| coordinates = {{coord|53|2|10|N|6|39|48|E|region:NL_type:city(427)|display=inline,title}}

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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9466PA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 10 April 2022 }}

| elevation_m = 10

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| area_total_km2 = 9.14

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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=10 April 2022}}

| population_total = 400

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_density_urban_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 9466

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0592

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Gasteren is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 8 km east of Assen.

The village was first mentioned between 1298 and 1304 as "in villa Ghestre, apud Ghesteren". The etymology is unclear.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/gasteren2 |title=Gasteren - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=10 April 2022 |language=nl}}

The hunebed (dolmen) {{ill|D11 (dolmen)|nl|D11 (hunebed)|lt=D11}} is a small incomplete dolmen. It has been fenced off because, there are sheep in the heath. It used to have four capstones, but only two have remained.{{cite web|url=http://www.hunebedden.nl/d10.htm |title=D10 |website=Hunebedden |access-date=10 April 2022 |language=nl}} There are also 44 burial mounds around the village.

Gasteren was home to 155 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/gasteren |title=Gasteren |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=10 April 2022 |language=nl}}