Groningen (province)

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Province of Groningen
Provincie Groningen

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|- | Capital | Groningen |- | Queen's Commissioner | J.G.M. (Hans) Alders |- | Religion (1999) | Protestant 29%
Catholic 7% |- | Area
 • Land
 • Water |  
2.336 km² (8th)
623 km² |- | Population (2005)
 • Total
 • Density |
575.234 (9th)
246/km² (9th) |- class="hiddenStructure" | Inclusion | |- | Anthem | Grunnens Laid |- | ISO | NL-GR |- | Official website | [www.provinciegroningen.nl] |}

Map of the Netherlands, with red dots marking the capitals of the provinces and black dots marking other notable cities

Groningen [pronunciation] ([Media helphelp]·[info]) is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands with a typical Low Saxon dialect called Gronings (Grönnegs / Grunnegs in Gronings regional language), with local nuances. Nowadays, many inhabitants of the province do not speak the dialect, especially in the city of Groningen where many outsiders have moved.

In the east it borders the German region Niedersachsen, in the south with Drenthe, in the west with Friesland and in the north the Wadden Sea.

Land use in Groningen is mainly agricultural, it has a large natural gas field near Slochteren.

East Groningen has been the scene of a particularly fierce class struggle in the 19th and 20th century. Here was the only municipality (Beerta) where the Dutch Communist party has ever had a mayor (Hanneke Jagersma).

The capital of the province is the city of Groningen.

Municipalities

• Appingedam
• Bedum
• Bellingwedde
• De Marne
• Delfzijl
• Eemsmond
• Groningen
• Grootegast
• Haren
• Hoogezand-Sappemeer
• Leek
• Loppersum
• Marum
• Menterwolde
• Pekela
• Reiderland
• Scheemda
• Slochteren
• Stadskanaal
• Ten Boer
• Veendam
• Vlagtwedde
• Winschoten
• Winsum
• Zuidhorn

External links

• [Website of the province]
• [Map] (pdf)
• [Flag]
• [Website of the capital city, with English pages]
• [Alternative website of the capital city, with access to the sites of local shops and small businesses]
• [Map of Groningen]
• [Website of the university, with English pages]
• [Website of the polytechnic]
• [province map showing subdivision in municipalities, link for each municipality to basic data page]

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