Drachtstercompagnie

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Drachtstercompagnie
Drachtster kompenije
Village
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Location in Smallingerland municipality
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Drachtstercompagnie
Location in the Netherlands
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Drachtstercompagnie
Drachtstercompagnie (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 53°8′0″N6°8′0″E / 53.13333°N 6.13333°E / 53.13333; 6.13333
Country Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Province Frisian flag.svg Friesland
Municipality Smallingerland flag.svg Smallingerland
Area
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 • Total13.60 km2 (5.25 sq mi)
Elevation
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4 m (13 ft)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total1,660
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Postal code
9222 [1]
Dialing code 0512

Drachtstercompagnie (West Frisian : Drachtster kompenije) is a small village in Smallingerland in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,185 in January 2017. [3]

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History

The village was first mentioned in 1841 as Compagnie (de). It refers to the Drachtster Company who had the concession for the excavation of the peat around Drachten. [4] A Bronze Age burial mound has been discovered, however later the raised bog made the area uninhabitable. The peat excavation started in the middle of the 18th century. [5]

Drachtstercompagnie was home to 374 people in 1840. [6] There was a little church in Drachtstercompagnie built in 1921. It was torn down and rebuilt in the same style in 2000, and is in use a studio. [6] On 7 September 1941, a Vickers Wellington of the Royal Air Force was shot down and crashed in Drachtstercompagnie. The 6 crew members are buried at the local cemetery in a Commonwealth grave. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Postcodetool for 9222LA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  3. ↑ Bevolkingscijfers Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine - Smallingerland
  4. ↑ "Drachtstercompagnie - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Drachtstercompagnie" (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Drachtster Compagnie". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Oorlogsgraven van het Gemenebest Protestants Kerkhof Drachtstercompagnie". Traces of War (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.

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