Editing Westerveld

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{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Westerveld
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Town of [[Dwingeloo]]
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| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Westerveld in a municipal map of Drenthe
| map_caption             = Location in Drenthe
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| coordinates_footnotes   = 
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| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Drenthe]]
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1 January 1998<ref>{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/methoden/classificaties/overzicht/gemeentelijke-indeling/1998/default.htm
 |title = Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 1998
 |trans-title = Municipal divisions on 1 January 1998
 |language = Dutch
 |website = cbs.nl
 |publisher = [[Statistics Netherlands|CBS]]
 |accessdate = 11 October 2013}}</ref>
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.gemeentewesterveld.nl/Bestuur_en_organisatie/College/College/Samenstelling
 |title = Samenstelling van het college van burgemeester en wethouders
 |trans-title = Members of the board of mayor and aldermen
 |language = Dutch
 |author = 
 |date = 
 |work = 
 |publisher = Gemeente Westerveld
 |accessdate = 12 October 2013}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Rikus Jager]]
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 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |accessdate = 12 October 2013}}</ref>
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| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = Parts of 7000 and 8000 range
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0521, 0561
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://gemeentewesterveld.nl}}
| footnotes               =
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'''Westerveld''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌʋɛstərˈvɛlt|-|Nl-Westerveld.oga}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the northeastern [[Netherlands]].

The municipality Westerveld was established in 1998 out of the municipalities of Diever, Dwingeloo, Havelte, and Vledder.
Westerveld is crossed by a channel, the ''Drentsche Hoofdvaart''. There are also two National Parks situated in the municipality, the ''[[Drents-Friese Wold National Park|Drents-Friese Wold]]'' and ''[[Dwingelderveld National Park|Dwingelderveld]]''.

== Population centres ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|
* [[Boschoord]]
* [[Darp]]
* [[Diever]]
* [[Dieverbrug]]
* [[Doldersum]]
* [[Dwingeloo]]
* [[Eemster]]
* [[Frederiksoord]]
* [[Geeuwenbrug]]
* [[Havelte]]
* [[Havelterberg]]
* [[Leggeloo]]
* [[Lhee]]
* [[Lheebroek]]
* [[Nijensleek]]
* [[Oude Willem]]
* [[Uffelte]]
* [[Vledder]]
* [[Vledderveen, Drenthe|Vledderveen]]
* [[Wapse]]
* [[Wapserveen]]
* [[Wateren]]
* [[Wilhelminaoord]]
* [[Wittelte]]
* [[Zorgvlied]]
}}

'''Dwingeloo''' is a town halfway between [[Meppel]] and [[Assen]]. The radio telescope of the [[Dwingeloo Radio Observatory]] is located on the edge of the Dwingeloo Heath, {{convert|3|km|0|abbr=on}} south of the village.

===Topography===
[[File:2013-Westerveld.jpg|475px]]

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Westerveld, 2013.''

== Notable people ==
[[File:Hans Hugenholtz (1961).jpg|140px|thumb|Hans Hugenholtz, 1961]]
* [[Sicco Mansholt]] (1908 in Ulrum – 1995) politician, 4th President of the European Commission 1972-1973
* [[John Hugenholtz]] (1914 in Vledder – 1995) designer of race tracks and cars
* [[Jan Pol (veterinarian)|Jan Pol]] (born 1942 in Wateren) veterinarian, & TV Personality
* [[Jan Mulder (politician)|Jan Mulder]] (born 1943 in Diever) politician and [[Member of the European Parliament]] 
* [[Klaske Hiemstra]] (born 1954 in Vledder) a West Frisian-language writer
* [[Maarten Treurniet]] (born 1959) film director, brought up in Dwingeloo <ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0872328/  IMDb Database] retrieved 7 June 2019 </ref>
* [[Merlijn Twaalfhoven]] (born 1976 in Wapserveen) Dutch composer
=== Sport ===
* [[Gerrit Postma]] (1894 in Vledderveen – 1969) discus thrower, competed at the [[1928 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Tollien Schuurman]] (1913 in Zorgvlied – 1994) sprint runner, competed at the [[1932 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Riëtte Fledderus]] (born 1977) retired volleyball player, competed at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Hervormde Karke Dever.jpg|Hervormde Karke Dever
File:Dwingeloo - De Bork RM 507327.JPG|Dwingeloo - De Bork - Westeinde
File:Drentsche Hoofdvaart 1e Uffelterbrug.jpg|Drentsche Hoofdvaart, Uffelterbrug
File:Oldengaerde.JPG|De havezate Oldengaerde te Dwingeloo
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[http://www.gemeentewesterveld.nl/ Official website]

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Westerveld
|North     = [[Ooststellingwerf]]{{space}}([[Friesland|FR]])
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Midden-Drenthe]]
|Southeast = [[Hoogeveen]]
|South     = [[De Wolden]]
|Southwest = [[Meppel]]
|West      = [[Steenwijkerland]]{{space}}([[Overijssel|OV]])
|Northwest = [[Weststellingwerf]]{{space}}([[Friesland|FR]])
}}
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{{Drenthe Province}}
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[[Category:Westerveld| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Drenthe]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1998]]


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