Editing Vlagtwedde

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| name                    = Vlagtwedde
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| subdivision_name2       = [[Westerwolde (municipality)|Westerwolde]]
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| postal_code             = 9540–9564
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| area_code               = 0599
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[[File:Gem-Vlagtwedde-OpenTopo.jpg|upright=1.24|thumb|Map of Vlagtwedde, June 2015]]
'''Vlagtwedde''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈvlɑxˌtʋɛdə|-|Nl-Vlagtwedde.oga}}) is a [[village]] in the very southeast of [[Groningen (province)|Groningen province]] in the northeastern [[Netherlands]]. It lies on the Dutch border with the [[Germany|German]] state of [[Lower Saxony]] to the east.

== History ==
The municipality of Vlagtwedde was created in December 1811.<ref>"[https://www.vlagtwedde.nl/Over-de-gemeente/Over-Vlagtwedde/Geschiedenis/ Geschiedenis]" (in Dutch), Municipality of Vlagwedde. Retrieved 28 December 2017.</ref>

On 1 January 2018, the municipality of Vlagtwedde was merged with [[Bellingwedde]] to form the new municipality of [[Westerwolde (municipality)|Westerwolde]].<ref>Marcel Looden, "[http://www.dvhn.nl/groningen/Westerwolde-40-mensen-tekort-22055710.html Westerwolde: 40 mensen tekort]" (in Dutch), ''[[Dagblad van het Noorden]]'', 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.</ref>

== Geography ==
The population centres in the municipality of Vlagtwedde were:

[[Abeltjeshuis]], [[Bakovensmee]], [[Barnflair]], [[Borgertange]], [[Borgerveld]], [[Bourtange]], [[Burgemeester Beinsdorp]], [[De Bruil]], [[Ellersinghuizen]], [[Hanetange]], [[Harpel]], [[Hasseberg]], [[Hebrecht]], [['t Heem]], [[Jipsingboermussel]], [[Jipsingboertange]], [[Jipsinghuizen]], [[Lammerweg]], [[Laude, Groningen|Laude]], [[Lauderbeetse]], [[Laudermarke]], [[Lauderzwarteveen]], [[Leemdobben]], [[Maten]], [[Munnekemoer]], [[Over de Dijk]], [[Overdiep]], [[Pallert]], [[Plaggenborg]], [[Poldert]], [[Renneborg]], [[Rhederveld]], [[Rijsdam]], [[Roelage]], [['t Schot]], [[Sellingen]], [[Sellingerbeetse]], [[Sellingerzwarteveen]], [[Slegge]], [[Stakenborg]], [[Stobben]], [[Ter Apel]], [[Ter Apelkanaal]], [[Ter Borg]], [[Ter Haar]], [[Ter Walslage]], [[Ter Wisch]], [[Veele]], [[Veerste Veldhuis]], Vlagtwedde, [[Vlagtwedder-Barlage]], [[Vlagtwedder-Veldhuis]], [[Weende, Groningen|Weende]], [[Weenderveld]], [[Weite]], [[Wessingtange]], [[Wollingboermarke]], [[Wollinghuizen]], [[Zandberg, Groningen-Drenthe|Zandberg]] and [[Zuidveld, Groningen|Zuidveld]].

Because of the large number of official centres, the municipality had five [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|postal codes]]:
* 9541 Vlagtwedde
* 9545 Bourtange
* 9551 Sellingen
* 9561 Ter Apel
* 9563 Ter Apelkanaal

All 60 villages and [[Hamlet (place)|hamlets]] in the municipality received their own [[town sign]] in 2008.

==Politics==
The [[municipal council]] of Vlagtwedde had 17 seats. The table below gives results since 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 March 2014|title=Vlagtwedde municipal election 2014 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20140319/611251 |access-date=30 June 2024 |website=verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="16"|'''Council seats'''
|-
|'''Party'''||'''2002'''||'''2006'''||'''2010'''||'''2014'''
|-
|Local municipal interests||3||4||5||5
|-
|[[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]]||5||3||3||4
|-
|[[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]||4||6||4||3
|-
|[[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]||3||2||2||1
|-
|[[GreenLeft]]||1||1||2||1
|-
|[[ChristianUnion]]||1||1||1||1
|-
|[[Party for the Animals]]||0||0||0||1
|-
|[[Democrats 66|D66]]||0||0||0||1
|-
|'''Total'''||'''17'''||'''17'''||'''17'''||'''17'''
|}

There was an election in November 2017 for the council of the new merged Westerwolde municipality that commenced work on 1 January 2018, replacing Vlagtwedde council.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 November 2017|title=Westerwolde municipal election 2017 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20171122/664272 |access-date=30 June 2024 |website=verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}</ref>

==Public transport==
Vlagtwedde is served by several [[bus]] lines:
* line 14: Stadskanaal-Alteveer-Vlagtwedde-Veele-Blijham-Winschoten
* line 42: Emmen-Emmer Compascuum-Ter Apel-Sellingen-Vlagtwedde
* 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

==International relations==
Vlagtwedde is [[Town twinning|twinned]] with:

*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Międzyrzecz]], [[Poland]]

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

==External links==
{{Commons category|Vlagtwedde}}
*{{Official website|http://www.vlagtwedde.nl}}

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Vlagtwedde
|North     = [[Bellingwedde]]
|Northeast = [[Rhede, Lower Saxony|Rhede]]&nbsp;([[Germany|DE]]-[[Lower Saxony|NI]])
|East      = [[Dörpen (Samtgemeinde)|Dörpen]]&nbsp;([[Germany|DE]]-[[Lower Saxony|NI]])<br />[[Lathen (Samtgemeinde)|Lathen]]&nbsp;([[Germany|DE]]-[[Lower Saxony|NI]])
|Southeast = [[Haren, Germany|Haren]]{{space}}([[Germany|DE]]-[[Lower Saxony|NI]])
|South     = [[Emmen, Netherlands|Emmen]]&nbsp;([[Drenthe|DR]])
|Southwest = [[Borger-Odoorn]]&nbsp;([[Drenthe|DR]])
|West      = [[Stadskanaal]]
|Northwest = 
}}
{{Dutch municipality Westerwolde}}
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[[Category:Westerwolde (municipality)]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Groningen (province)]]
[[Category:Populated places in Groningen (province)]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2018]]


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