Stadskanaal

Stadskanaal
Town and Municipality
Channel in Stadskanaal Channel in Stadskanaal
Flag of Stadskanaal Flag Coat of arms of Stadskanaal Coat of arms
Location in Groningen Location in Groningen
Coordinates:
Country	Netherlands
Province	Groningen
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Baukje Galama (VVD)
Area
• Total	119.94 km2 (46.31 sq mi)
• Land	117.67 km2 (45.43 sq mi)
• Water	2.27 km2 (0.88 sq mi)
Elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Population (May 2014)
• Total	32,715
• Density	278/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode	9500–9509, 9580–9599, 9660–9661
Area code	0599
Website	www.stadskanaal.nl

Stadskanaal (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌstɑtskaːˈnaːl]) is a town and municipality with a population of 32,715 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. It was named after the canal Stadskanaal.

From 1800 until 1900 this area was ideal for its peat mining, and so the canal came to ship all the peat to Groningen the capital of the province.

Geography

File:Gem-Stadskanaal-OpenTopo.jpg

2014 map of the municipality

The population centres in the municipality are:

• Alteveer
• Barlage
• Blekslage
• Braamberg
• Ceresdorp
• Höchte
• Holte
• Horsten
• Kopstukken
• Mussel
• Musselkanaal
• Onstwedde
• Oomsberg
• Smeerling
• Stadskanaal
• Sterenborg
• Ter Maarsch
• Ter Wupping
• Veenhuizen
• Vledderhuizen
• Vledderveen
• Vosseberg
• Wessinghuizen

International relations

Stadskanaal is twinned with Bielsko-Biała in Poland.

Gallery

• Stadskanaal, Poststraatkerk foto4 2011-05-09 14.47.JPG

  Stadskanaal, church: de Poststraatkerk

• Stadskanaal, rooms katholieke kerk foto5 2011-05-09 14.44.JPG

  Stadskanaal, catholic church

• Musselkanaal, kerk3 foto2 2011-05-09 14.05.JPG

  Musselkanaal, church

• Musselkanaal, ophaalbrug foto1 2011-05-09 13.39.JPG

  Musselkanaal, drawbridge

External links

• Official website