Editing De Wolden

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->| name               = De Wolden
| settlement_type    = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->| image_skyline      = Boerderij Commissieweg de Wijk.jpg
| image_alt          = 
| image_caption      = Monumental farmhouse in [[De Wijk]]
| image_flag         = Flag of De Wolden.svg
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| map_alt            = Highlighted position of De Wolden in a municipal map of Drenthe
| map_caption        = Location in Drenthe
| coordinates        = {{coord|52|40|N|6|26|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| subdivision_type   = Country
| 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 = 6 October 2013}}</ref>
| government_footnotes = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url=https://secure.dewolden.nl/politiek-organisatie/burgemeester-roger-de-groot_3278/ 
 |title=Ronnie Dunning
 |trans-title=Ronnie Dunning 
 |language=Dutch 
 |publisher=Gemeente De Wolden 
 |accessdate=6 October 2013 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170114/https://secure.dewolden.nl/politiek-organisatie/burgemeester-roger-de-groot_3278/ 
 |archivedate=14 July 2014 
}}</ref>
| governing_body     = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party       = [[Party for the Animals|PvdD]]
| leader_title       = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Roger de Groot]]
<!-- Geographic information -->| unit_pref          = Metric
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| area_land_km2      = {{Dutch municipality land area|De Wolden}}
| area_water_km2     = {{Dutch municipality water area|De Wolden}}
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 7921GD
 |trans-title=|language = Dutch
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |date = 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |accessdate = 6 October 2013}}</ref>
| elevation_m        = 12
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| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|De Wolden}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym = <!-- Other information -->
| timezone1          = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1        = +1
| timezone1_DST      = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST    = +2
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code        = Parts of 7900 range
| area_code_type     = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code          = 0522, 0523, 0528
| website            = {{URL|1=http://www.dewolden.nl}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''De Wolden''' ({{IPA|nl|də ˈʋɔldə(n)|-|Nl-De Wolden.oga}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the northeastern [[Netherlands]] in the province of [[Drenthe]].

== Population centres ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=12em|
* [[Alteveer, De Wolden|Alteveer]]
* [[Anholt, Netherlands|Anholt]]
* [[Ansen]]
* Armweide
* Bazuin
* Benderse
* [[Berghuizen, Drenthe|Berghuizen]]
* Blijdenstein
* Bloemberg
* Braamberg
* Buitenhuizen
* Bultinge
* {{ill|Dijkhuizen, Netherlands|nl|Dijkhuizen (De Wolden)|lt=Dijkhuizen}}
* Dickninge
* Drogt
* {{ill|Drogteropslagen|nl}}
* Dunnigen
* [[Echten, Drenthe|Echten]]
* Eemten
* Engeland
* [[Eursinge, De Wolden|Eursinge]]
* {{ill|Fort, Netherlands|nl|Fort (De Wolden)|lt=Fort}}
* Gijsselte
* {{ill|Haakswold|nl}}
* Haalweide
* {{ill|Hees, Drenthe|nl|Hees (De Wolden)|lt=Hees}}
* Hoge Linthorst
* {{ill|Kerkenveld|nl}}
* [[Koekange]]
* {{ill|Koekangerveld|nl}}
* Kraloo
* Leeuwte
* {{ill|Linde, Netherlands|nl|Linde (De Wolden)|lt=Linde}}
* Lubbinge
* Lunssloten
* Middelveen
* [[Nolde, Netherlands|Nolde]]
* {{ill|Oldenhave|nl|Oldenhave (buurtschap)}}
* {{ill|Oosteinde|nl|Oosteinde (De Wolden)}}
* Oosterwijk
* Oshaar
* Oud Veeningen
* De Oude Tol
* Paardelanden
* Pieperij
* Rheebruggen
* [[Ruinen]]
* {{ill|Ruinerweide|nl}}
* [[Ruinerwold]]
* Schottershuizen
* Schrapveen
* De Stapel
* Steenbergen
* Struikberg
* De Stuw
* Ten Arlo
* De Tippe
* {{ill|Veeningen|nl}}
* Vuile Riete
* {{ill|Weerwille|nl}}
* Wemmenhove
* [[De Wijk]]
* [[Witteveen, De Wolden|Witteveen]]
* [[Zuidwolde, Drenthe|Zuidwolde]]
}}
===Topography===
[[File:Gem-DeWolden-OpenTopo.jpg|475px]]

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of De Wolden, June 2015''

== Notable people ==
[[File:Jan-vayne-1270406926.jpg|150px|thumb|Jan Vayne, 2005]]
* [[Jan Evertsen Cloppenburgh]] (1571 in Ruinen – 1648) a Dutch publisher during the [[Dutch Golden Age]]
* [[Steven van Voorhees]] (1600 in Hees – 1684) an early Dutch settler in America
* [[Henrik Rysensteen|Henrik Ruse, Baron of Rysensteen]] (1624 in Ruinen - 1679) a Dutch officer and fortification engineer
* [[Hendrikje Doelen]] (1784 in Oosterwijk – 1847) a Dutch serial killer
* [[Jan Arend Godert de Vos van Steenwijk II]] (1818 in De Wijk – 1905) a Dutch politician and president of the [[Senate (Netherlands)|senate]] 1874/1880
* [[Jan Hendrik de Boer]] (1899 in Ruinen – 1971) a Dutch physicist and chemist
* [[Jan Vayne]] (1966 in Zuidwolde) a Dutch pianist
* [[Korie Homan]] (born 1986 in de Wijk) a Dutch former wheelchair tennis player and gold medallist at the [[2008 Paralympics]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Oude gemeentehuis van Ruinerwold.JPG|Oude gemeentehuis van Ruinerwold
File:This house is a very, very, very fine house (6002092873).jpg|De Wildenberg at sunset, Zuidwolde
File:De Wieker Poort Onno de Ruijter.jpg|De Wieker Poort Onno de Ruijter
File:Huis te Echten.jpg|Huis te Echten
</gallery>

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

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

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = De Wolden
|North     = [[Westerveld]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Hoogeveen]]
|Southeast = [[Hardenberg]]{{space}}([[Overijssel|OV]])
|South     = 
|Southwest = [[Staphorst]]{{space}}([[Overijssel|OV]])
|West      = [[Meppel]]
|Northwest = 
}}

{{Drenthe Province}}
{{Dutch municipality De Wolden}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:De Wolden| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Drenthe]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1998]]


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