Editing Opende

{{Infobox settlement
| name                   = Opende
| native_name            = {{native_name|gos|De Penne}}
| settlement_type        = [[Village]]
| image_skyline          = De_Hervormde_kerk_van_Opende.jpg
| imagesize              = 250px
| image_caption          = Protestant church in 2012
| pushpin_map            = Netherlands Groningen
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_alt        =
| pushpin_map_caption    = Location of Opende in [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]] in the [[Netherlands]]
| coordinates            = {{coord|53|10|21|N|6|11|53|E|region:NL-GR|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes  =
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|Netherlands}}
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = {{flag|Groningen}}
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[File:Westerkwartier vlag.svg|23px]] [[Westerkwartier (municipality)|Westerkwartier]]
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="stat"/>
| area_total_km2          = 14.65
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9865AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 9 April 2022 }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 3.1
| population_as_of        = 2021
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{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=9 April 2022 |quote=three entries}}</ref>
| population_total        = 2,415
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_note         = 
| population_demonym      = 
| timezone1               = 
| utc_offset1             = 
| timezone1_DST           = 
| utc_offset1_DST         = 
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 9865<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code               = 0594
| iso_code                = 
| footnotes               =
}}

'''Opende''' ({{IPA|nl|ɔpˈɛndə}}; {{langx|gos|De Penne}}) is a village in the north-eastern [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]]. It is part of the municipality of [[Westerkwartier (municipality)|Westerkwartier]]. It had a population of around 2,635 in 2023.<ref>[https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/maatwerk/2024/11/kerncijfers-wijken-en-buurten-2023] - CSB Statline</ref>

== History ==
The village was first mentioned in 1457 as ''Upeynde'', and means "upper end", which refers to the border between Groningen and [[Friesland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/opende |title=Opende - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=9 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Opende is a road village which developed in the Middle Ages in the moorland.<ref name="monument">{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu04_01/sten009monu04_01_0098.php |title=Opende |author=Ronald Stenvert & Redmer Alma |location=Zwolle |publisher=Waanders |year=1998 |isbn=90 400 9258 3 |language=nl |access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref>

The [[Dutch Reformed Church|Reformed]] church dates from 1748 and replaces a 1648 church. The front was renovated in 1915, and it was enlarged in 1930.<ref name="monument"/>

Opende was home to 369 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/opende |title=Opende |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=9 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Huis bij de kerk. Provincialeweg. Opende.JPG|House in Opende
File:Antonia Hoeve 1912 Drachtsterweg. Opende.JPG|Villa in Opende
File:Begin Blotevoetenpad aan de kaleweg..jpg|Nature near Opende
File:De school. Opende.JPG|School in Opende
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{Commons category-inline|Opende}}

{{Dutch municipality Westerkwartier}}
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[[Category:Populated places in Groningen (province)]]
[[Category:Westerkwartier (municipality)]]


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