Editing Slochteren

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{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Slochteren
| settlement_type         = [[Village]] and former municipality
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| image_skyline           = Fraeylemaborg - Slochteren 15.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_flag              = Slochteren vlag.svg
| image_shield            = Slochteren wapen.svg
| image_caption           = [[Fraeylemaborg]] in Slochteren
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| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0040 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Slochteren in a municipal map of Groningen
| map_caption             = Location in Groningen
| coordinates             = {{coord|53|13|N|6|48|E|region:NL-GR|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]]
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[Midden-Groningen]]
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref name="stat"/>
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| area_total_km2          = 16.86
| area_land_km2           = 
| area_water_km2          = 
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 9621AL
 |trans-title=|language = Dutch
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |date = 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |accessdate = 3 February 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = &minus;1
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| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=9 April 2022 |quote=two entries}}</ref>
| population_total        = 2,140
| population_as_of        = 2021
| population_density_km2  = auto <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Slochtenaar
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| timezone               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset             = +1
| timezone_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST         = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 9621<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0598
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Slochteren''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈslɔxtərə(n)|-|Nl-Slochteren.oga}}) is a [[village]] and former municipality with a population of 15,546 in the province of [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]] in the northeast of the [[Netherlands]]. On 1 January 2018, Slochteren merged with [[Hoogezand-Sappemeer]] and [[Menterwolde]], forming the municipality [[Midden-Groningen]].

The former municipality can be characterized as a chain of small villages dividing a mostly agricultural landscape. Having an agricultural background for at least a thousand years, the community houses for the most part commuters to nearby towns like [[Hoogezand]], [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]] and [[Delfzijl]].  The [[mansion]] [[Fraeylemaborg]] (a small 'castle', the oldest parts of which are dated in the Middle Ages) is located in Slochteren.

== Geography ==
The population centres in the former municipality are:
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* [[Denemarken]]
* [[Froombosch]]
* [[Harkstede]]
* [[Hellum]]
* [[Kolham]]
* [[Lageland]]
* [[Luddeweer]]
* [[Overschild]]
* [[Schaaphok]]
* [[Scharmer]]
* [[Schildwolde]]
* [[Siddeburen]]
* Slochteren
* [[Steendam]]
* [[Tjuchem]]
* [[Woudbloem]]
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[[File:Gem-Slochteren-OpenTopo.jpg|490px]]

''Topographic map of the municipality of Slochteren, June 2015''

== Natural gas field ==
Slochteren is in the center of the [[giant oil and gas fields|giant]] [[Groningen gas field]], discovered in 1959, ensuring the position of the Netherlands as a major energy exporting country. The estimated gas reserves in 2009 were {{convert|2700|km3|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId=nam-en&FC2=/nam-en/html/iwgen/algemeen/zzz_lhn.html&FC3=/nam-en/html/iwgen/algemeen/aardgas_nederland.html NAM/Shell gas/oil website]{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Protestantske tsjerke, Slochteren.jpg|Protestant Church
File:SlochterenRM.jpg|Former courthouse of Slochteren
File:SlochterenGemeentehuis.jpg|Town hall
File:Old postoffice Slochteren.JPG|Former post office
</gallery>

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

==External links==
*{{commonscat-inline|Slochteren}}

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Slochteren
|North     = [[Ten Boer]], [[Loppersum]]
|Northeast = [[Appingedam]]
|East      = [[Delfzijl]]
|Southeast = [[Oldambt (municipality)|Oldambt]]
|South     = [[Hoogezand-Sappemeer]], [[Menterwolde]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Groningen]]
|Northwest = 
}}
{{Dutch municipality Midden-Groningen}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Midden-Groningen]]
[[Category:Natural gas industry in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Groningen (province)]]
[[Category:Populated places in Groningen (province)]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2018]]


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