Schoonebeek

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Schoonebeek

Total population

4,413

WeatherAvg high 58.2°F

Coordinates52.66°, 6.88°

Demographic figures from CBS Netherlands. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Schoonebeek is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is located in the municipality of Emmen, about 12 km (7 mi) south of that city. Schoonebeek was a separate municipality from 1884 to 1997, when it merged with Emmen. The area is home of the largest onshore oil field in Europe; known as the Schoonebeek oil field.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Notable people from here

Karsten Kroon

Dutch cyclist

Mark-Jan Fledderus

Dutch footballer (born 1982)

Tjako van Schie

Dutch piano player and composer

Bas Sibum

Dutch footballer

Henk Weerink

Football referee

Thijs Berman

Dutch politician and journalist

G

Gerard de Vries

Dutch association football player

J

Jo Wüthrich

Relus ter Beek

Dutch politician (1944-2008)

M

Martijn Biemans

Dutch radio dj

G

Gerard Nijkamp

Dutch association football manager

Ria Hoogeweegen

Max Drenth

Dutch columnist, philosopher and writer

Dubbeld Hemsing van der Scheer

Dutch writer

J

Jo Blaauwgeers

Ronnie Ruysdael

Dutch singer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Drenthe

• Zandpol
  2.1 mi away · pop. 457
• Nieuw-Amsterdam
  3.7 mi away · pop. 4,808
• Veenoord
  3.8 mi away · pop. 2,208
• Dalerveen
  3.8 mi away · pop. 355
• Erica
  4 mi away · pop. 4,827
• Nieuw-Schoonebeek
  4.4 mi away · pop. 1,276
• Weiteveen
  4.5 mi away · pop. 1,663
• Dalen
  5.9 mi away · pop. 3,670
• Oranjedorp
  5.9 mi away · pop. 414
• Coevorden
  6 mi away · pop. 14,355
• Klazienaveen
  6 mi away · pop. 12,111
• Zuidbarge
  6.3 mi away · pop. 380

Browse all places in Drenthe →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Schoonebeek

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers