Scheemda

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{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Scheemda

| image_skyline = Scheemda, straatzicht Torenstraat foto1 2012-09-01 15.26.JPG

| image_caption = Torenstraat in 2012

| image_flag = Flag of Scheemda.svg

| image_shield = Scheemda wapen.svg

| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0039 (2009).svg

| map_alt = Highlighted position of Scheemda in a municipal map of Groningen

| map_caption = Location in Groningen

| pushpin_map = Netherlands Groningen

| pushpin_label_position =

| pushpin_map_alt =

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Scheemda in the province of Groningen

|coordinates = {{coord|53|10|N|6|58|E|region:NL-GR|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Netherlands

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Groningen

|subdivision_type2 = Municipality

|subdivision_name2 = Oldambt

|area_footnotes = (2012){{in lang|nl}} [http://statline.cbs.nl/Statweb/publication/?VW=T&DM=SLNL&PA=70904ned&D1=3,15,122-124&D2=17045&D3=l&HD=141221-1742&HDR=T&STB=G1,G2 Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2009-2012], Statistics Netherlands, 2014. Retrieved on 21 December 2014.

|area_total_ha = 225

|area_land_ha = 220

|area_water_ha = 5

|population_as_of = 2023

|population_footnotes =

|settlement_type = Village

|population_total = 5085

|population_density_km2 = 762

|timezone = CET

|utc_offset = +1

|timezone_DST = CEST

|utc_offset_DST = +2

}}

Scheemda ({{IPA|nl|ˈsxeːmdaː|-|Nl-Scheemda.oga}}) is a village with a population of 5,085 in the municipality of Oldambt in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. Scheemda was a separate municipality until 2010, when it merged with Reiderland and Winschoten to form the municipality of Oldambt.

History

Until 2010, Scheemda was a separate municipality with the population centers Heiligerlee, Midwolda, Nieuw-Scheemda, Nieuwolda, Oostwold, Scheemda, 't Waar and Westerlee. On 1 January 2010, the municipality merged into Oldambt.

Transportation

The Scheemda railway station was opened in 1868 and has train services to Zuidbroek and Groningen in the west, and Winschoten, Bad Nieuweschans, and Leer (Germany) in the east.

== Notable people ==

  • Pieter Smit (1963–2018), mayor of Oldambt (2010–2018), lived and died here.

Gallery

File:Scheemda, de vrijstaande toren van de Hervormde kerk RM33077 foto4 2012-09-01 15.32.jpg|Scheemda, church tower

File:Scheemda, straatzicht met ophaalbrug 2012-09-01 15.18.jpg|Scheemda, drawing bridge in the street

File:Strokartonfabriek de Toekomst II A.jpg|Cardboard factory De Toekomst II (The Future II)

File:Station Scheemda.jpg|Scheemda railway station

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