Vlagtwedde is a municipality

Municipality

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 in the very southeast of Groningen province

Groningen (province)

Groningen [] is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands. In the east it borders the German state of Niedersachsen , in the south Drenthe, in the west Friesland and in the north the Wadden Sea...

 in the northeastern Netherlands

Netherlands

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 with seat of local government

Seat of local government

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 in the community of Sellingen

Sellingen

Sellingen is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about northeast of Emmen.In 2006, statistical area "Sellingen", which also includes the surrounding countryside, had a population of 1920 in 820 households in an area of , and the town...

. It lies on the Dutch border with the German

Germany

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 state of Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

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 to the east.

Population centres

Abeltjeshuis, Bakovensmee, Barnflair

Barnflair

Barnflair is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about 15 km northeast of Emmen....

, Borgertange, Borgerveld, Bourtange, Burgemeester Beinsdorp, De Bruil, Ellersinghuizen, Hanetange, Harpel

Harpel

Harpel is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about 28 km north of Emmen.The statistical area "Harpel", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 160....

, Hasseberg, Hebrecht

Hebrecht

Hebrecht is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about 34 km north of Emmen.The statistical area "Hebrecht", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 90....

, 't Heem, Jipsingboermussel, Jipsingboertange, Jipsinghuizen

Jipsinghuizen

Jipsinghuizen is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about 28 km northeast of Emmen....

, Lammerweg, Laude

Laude (Groningen)

Laude is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about 23 km northeast of Emmen.The statistical area "Laude", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 40....

, Lauderbeetse, Laudermarke

Laudermarke

Laudermarke is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about 19 km northeast of Emmen....

, Lauderzwarteveen, Leemdobben, Maten, Munnekemoer

Munnekemoer

Munnekemoer is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about 14 km northeast of Emmen....

, Over de Dijk, Overdiep, Pallert

Pallert

Pallert is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about .The statistical area "Pallert", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 70....

, Plaggenborg, Poldert, Renneborg, Rhederveld, Rijsdam, Roelage, 't Schot, Sellingen, Sellingerbeetse, Sellingerzwarteveen, Slegge, Stakenborg, Stobben, Ter Apel

Ter Apel

Ter Apel is a town in the municipality Vlagtwedde in the northern Netherlands, in the province Groningen in the region Westerwolde. The town lies on the stream Ruiten Aa, which has the valley that together with the Ter Apeler forest belongs to the national network of nature reserves, the...

, Ter Apelkanaal

Ter Apelkanaal

Ter Apelkanaal is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about 17 km northeast of Emmen....

, Ter Borg, Ter Haar, Ter Walslage, Ter Wisch

Ter Wisch

Ter Wisch is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about 20 km northeast of Emmen....

, Veele, Veerste Veldhuis, Vlagtwedde, Vlagtwedder-Barlage, Vlagtwedder-Veldhuis

Vlagtwedder-Veldhuis

Vlagtwedder-Veldhuis is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about 30 km north of Emmen....

, Weende, Weenderveld, Weite

Weite

Weite is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about 32 km north of Emmen.The statistical area "Weite", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 50....

, Wessingtange, Wollingboermarke, Wollinghuizen

Wollinghuizen

Wollinghuizen is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about 29 km northeast of Emmen....

, Zandberg

Zandberg

Zandberg may refer to:People* Danuta Harrich-Zandberg* Gerhardus Zandberg , a South African swimmer* Michael Zandberg, Israeli football playerPlace namesIn the Netherlands:* Zandberg, Gelderland...

 and Zuidveld

Zuidveld

Zuidveld is a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 16 km south of Assen....

.

Because of the large number of official centres, the municipality has five postal codes

Postal codes in the Netherlands

Postal codes in the Netherlands, known as postcodes, are alphanumeric, consisting of four digits followed by two uppercase letters. The letters 'F', 'I', 'O', 'Q', 'U' and 'Y' were originally not used for technical reasons, but as almost all existing combinations are now used these letters were...

:

• 9541 Vlagtwedde
• 9545 Bourtange
• 9551 Sellingen
• 9561 Ter Apel
• 9563 Ter Apelkanaal

All 60 villages and hamlets

Hamlet (place)

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 in the municipality received their own town sign

Town sign

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 in 2008.

Politics

The city council

City council

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 of Vlagtwedde has 17 seats. The table below gives political party

Political party

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 and seat counts since 1998.

City council seats
Party	1998	2002	2006	2010
PvdA Labour Party (Netherlands) The Labour Party , is a social-democratic political party in the Netherlands. Since the 2003 Dutch General Election, the PvdA has been the second largest political party in the Netherlands. The PvdA was a coalition member in the fourth Balkenende cabinet following 22 February 2007...	5	4	6	4
CDA Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...	5	5	3	3
Local municipal interests	2	3	4	5
VVD People's Party for Freedom and Democracy The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party located in the Netherlands. The VVD supports private enterprise in the Netherlands and is often perceived as an economic liberal party in contrast to the social-liberal Democrats 66 alongside which it sits in...	3	3	2	2
GreenLeft GreenLeft GreenLeft is a green political party operating in the Netherlands.GreenLeft was formed on 1 March 1989 as a merger of four left-wing political parties: the Communist Party of the Netherlands, Pacifist Socialist Party, the Political Party of Radicals and the Evangelical People's Party...	1	1	1	2
ChristianUnion ChristianUnion The ChristianUnion , abbreviated to CU, is a Dutch Christian democratic political party. A centrist party, the CU's policies combine social conservatism and soft euroscepticism with more centre-left positions on economic, immigration, and environmental issues.Founded in 2000 as a merger of the...	1	1	1	1
Totaal	17	17	17	17

Public transport

Vlagtwedde is served by several bus

Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...

 lines:

• line 14: Stadskanaal-Alteveer-Vlagtwedde-Veele-Blijham-Winschoten
• line 42: Emmen-Emmer Compascuum-Ter Apel
• line 70: Ter Apel-Sellingen-Jipsinghuizen-Vlagwedde
• line 72: Vlagtwedde-Bourtange
• line 73: Emmen-Nieuw Weerdinge-Ter Apel-Ter Apelkanaal-Zandberg-Musselkanaal-Stadskanaal-Hoogezand-Groningen
• buurtbus (community volunteer-driven bus) 92: Stadskanaal-Mussel-Jipsingbourtange-Jipsinghuizen-Sellingen

Twin towns — Sister cities

Vlagtwedde is twinned

Town twinning

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 with:
Międzyrzecz

Miedzyrzecz

Międzyrzecz is a town in western Poland with 18,584 inhabitants . The capital of Międzyrzecz County, it was part of the Gorzów Wielkopolski Voivodeship from 1975–1998. Since the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, Międzyrzecz has been situated in the Lubusz Voivodeship...

, Poland

Poland

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