Borger-Odoorn

Borger-Odoorn
Borger-Odoorn
	Municipality
	Monumental home in Tweede Exloërmond
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Drenthe
	Coordinates: 52°53′N 6°52′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Drenthe
Established	1 January 1998[1]
Government [2]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Jan Seton (CDA)
Area [3]
• Total	277.89 km2 (107.29 sq mi)
• Land	274.53 km2 (106.00 sq mi)
• Water	3.36 km2 (1.30 sq mi)
Elevation [4]	23 m (75 ft)
Population (January 2019)[5]
• Total	25,372
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	Parts of 7800 and 9500 range
Area code	0591, 0599
Website	www.borger-odoorn.nl

Borger-Odoorn (pronunciation ) is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands in the province of Drenthe. Several Megaliths can be found here.

Population centers

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, June 2015.

Egbert Schuurman, 2011

Albert Meems (1888 in Nieuw-Buinen – after 1957) a Dutch spy for Germany in the Second World War
Pieter van Boven (1898 – 1952) a Dutch fencer, competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Egbert Schuurman (born 1937 in Borger) a Dutch engineer, philosopher and politician
Henk Nienhuis (1941 in Nieuw-Buinen – 2017) a Dutch footballer and manager.
Henk G. Sol (born 1951 in Borger) a Dutch organizational theorist and academic
Carsten de Dreu (born 1966 in Borger) Professor of Psychology at Leiden University and Behavioral Economics at the University of Amsterdam

The municipality has a partner city

Hořice, Czech Republic

"Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 1998" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 1998]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
"Burgemeester en wethouders" [Mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Borger-Odoorn. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
"Postcodetool for 7875AD". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

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