Schoonloo

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| name = Schoonloo

| settlement_type = Village

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| native_name_lang = nl

| image_skyline = File:Schoonloo - herberg Hegeman.jpg

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| image_caption = Inn Hegeman

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

| map_caption1 = The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Schoonloo 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|52|54|16|N|6|42|1|E|region:NL_type:city(259)|display=inline,title}}

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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9443AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 10 April 2022 }}

| elevation_m = 20

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| area_total_km2 = 0.72

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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 = 180

| 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 = 9443

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0592

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Schoonloo is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe, Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 14 km southeast of Assen.

The village was first mentioned in 1328 as Gherard Sconelo. Even though it seemingly reads "beautiful forest", the etymology in unclear.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/schoonloo |title=Schoonloo - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=10 April 2022 |language=nl}} Schoonloo developed in the Middle Ages on the highest point of the Rolderrug as a satellite of Rolde. It mainly consisted of some farms who used the heath as a communal land for their sheep.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/schoonloo |title=Schoonloo |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=10 April 2022 |language=nl}}

Schoonloo was home to 85 people in 1840.