Zwiggelte

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| name = Zwiggelte

| settlement_type = Village

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| native_name_lang = nl

| image_skyline = File:Zicht op boerderijen - Zwiggelte - 20373526 - RCE.jpg

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| image_caption = Farms in Zwiggelte

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| image_map1 = Map NL - Midden-Drenthe - Zwiggelte.png

| map_caption1 = The village (dark red) and the statistical district (light green) of Zwiggelte in the municipality of Midden-Drenthe.

| 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 = Midden-Drenthe

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| coordinates = {{coord|52|52|23|N|6|35|15|E|region:NL_type:city(300)|display=inline,title}}

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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9433PA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 11 April 2022 }}

| elevation_m = 16

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| area_total_km2 = 23.43

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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 = 470

| 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 = 9433

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0593

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Zwiggelte is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 15 km south of Assen.

The village was first mentioned around 1400 as Wolbert to Swicler, and could mean "meadow with cattle".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/zwiggelte |title=Zwiggelte - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=11 April 2022 |language=nl}} Zwiggelte is an esdorp which developed in the Middle Ages on the road from Westerbork to Assen. It might have been a satellite of Westerbork. It used to have two brinks (village squares). Of the northern brink only a {{ill|dobbe|nl}} (natural pool) remains.{{cite book|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu07_01/sten009monu07_01_0112.php |title=Zwiggelte |author=Ronald Stenvert |page=61 |year=2001 |location=Zwolle |publisher=Waanders |isbn=90 400 9454 3 |language=nl |access-date=10 April 2022}}

Zwiggelte was home to 184 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/zwiggelte |title=Zwiggelte |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=11 April 2022 |language=nl}} The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope and a large part of Westerbork transit camp were technically located in Zwiggelte and not Westerbork.