Oranjedorp

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| name = Oranjedorp

| settlement_type = Village

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| image_skyline = File:Boerderij te Oranjedorp, Bestanddeelnr 192-1235.jpg

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| image_caption = Farm in Oranjedorp

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| pushpin_map = Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in province of Drenthe in the Netherlands

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Drenthe

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Emmen

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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 7885AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 11 March 2022 }}

| elevation_m = 23

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| area_total_km2 = 14.80

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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=11 March 2022}}

| population_total = 435

| 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 = 7885

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0591

| coordinates = {{coord|52|44|N|6|56|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

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Oranjedorp is a village in the Netherlands and it is part of the Emmen municipality in Drenthe.

Oranjedorp started to develop when the {{ill|Oranjekanaal|nl|Oranjekanaal (Drenthe)}} was completed in 1858, and peat exploitation started in the area.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/oranjedorp |title=Oranjedorp |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=11 March 2022 |language=nl}} In 1867, it was first mentioned as Oranjedorp.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/oranjedorp |title=Oranjedorp - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=11 March 2022 |language=nl}} Even though the postal authorities have placed it under Nieuw-Dordrecht.{{cite web|url=https://postcodebijadres.nl/7885 |title=Postcode 7885 in Nieuw-Dordrecht |website=Postcode bij adres |access-date=11 March 2022 |language=nl}} it is considered a village.{{cite web|url=http://oranjedorp.info/eop_watdoenwe.html |title=Wat doen we? |website=Oranjedorp.info |access-date=11 March 2022 |language=nl}} In 1932, it was home to 932 people.{{cite book|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/boeken/view?objectsearch=Klazienaveen&coll=boeken&identifier=MMKB24:079834000:00093 |title=In en om de gemeente Emmen |year=1935 |author=Jan Harm Tuntler |publisher=Ten Kate |language=nl |page=89}} No church was built in Oranjedorp.

In 1988, a gas desulfurization plant of the {{ill|Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij|nl}} opened in Oranjedorp,{{cite news|url=https://www.digibron.nl/viewer/collectie/Digibron/id/tag:RD.nl,19880922:newsml_6b34866aec3e008d70b138205432f2c7 |title=De Korte opent fabriek |date=22 September 1988 |website=Reformatorisch Dagblad |access-date=11 March 2022 |language=nl}} and industry started to move to the village.