Westdorp
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| name = Westdorp
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| image_skyline = File:Rijksmonument 9902.jpg
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| image_caption = Farm in Westdorp
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| image_map1 = Map NL - Borger-Odoorn - Westdorp.png
| map_caption1 = The village (dark red) and the statistical district (light green) of Westdorp in the municipality of Borger-Odoorn.
| pushpin_map = Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of the village in the province of Drenthe
| coordinates = {{coord|52|54|N|6|46|E|region:NL_type:city(140)|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Drenthe
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Borger-Odoorn
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9534PA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 11 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 15
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| area_total_km2 = 6.09
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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 April 2022}}
| population_total = 135
| 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
| area_code_type = Dialing code
| area_code = 0591
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Westdorp is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, and lies about 17 km northwest of Emmen.
History
The village was first mentioned between 1381 and 1383 as "to Westorpe", and means "western village" as viewed from Ees.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/westdorp |title=Westdorp (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=11 April 2022 |language=nl}} Westdorp was home to 95 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/westdorp |title=Westdorp |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=11 April 2022 |language=nl}}
In 2002, a subsidy of €450,000 was granted to repair an hunebed (dolmen) in Borger. The farmers of Westdorp gathered big boulders, the heaviest weight 8 tonnes, and built their own hunebed in the village square. The municipality did not know what to make it of it, but did grant a building permits afterwards.{{cite news|url=https://www.digibron.nl/viewer/collectie/Digibron/id/tag:RD.nl,20020717:newsml_7a41c0d5c2342c59fe5c692df42fe048 |title=Drents dorp bouwt uit protest hunebed |website=Reformatorisch Dagblad |date=17 July 2002 |access-date=11 April 2022 |language=nl}}
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Category:Populated places in Drenthe
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