Weijerswold

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| name = Weijerswold

| settlement_type = Hamlet

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| image_skyline = Coevorden Weijerswold.JPG

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| image_caption = Entering Weijerswold

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Drenthe

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Coevorden

| pushpin_map = Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands

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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 7742AB |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 12 March 2022 }}

| elevation_m = 10

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| area_total_km2 = 3.64

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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=13 March 2022}}

| population_total = 80

| 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 = 7742

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0524

| coordinates = {{coord|52|39|41|N|6|47|24|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

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Weijerswold is a hamlet in the Netherlands and is part of the Coevorden municipality in Drenthe, east of the city of Coevorden.

Weijerswold is a road village on a sandy hill dating for the Middle Ages.{{cite book|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu07_01/sten009monu07_01_0099.php |title=Weijerswold |author=Ronald Stenvert |page=203 |year=2001 |location=Zwolle |publisher=Waanders |isbn=90 400 9454 3 |language=nl |access-date=13 March 2022}} It was first mentioned in 1520 as "beneden den graven die van Wijerdeswolde daele gaet nae den Hennenbroke", and means "swamp forest belonging to Wijerd".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/weijerswold |title=Weijerswold - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=13 March 2022 |language=nl}} In 1840, it was home to 42 people.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/weijerswold |title=Weijerswold |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=13 March 2022 |language=nl}}