Wedde | |
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Village | |
Church of Wedde in 2008
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Location of Wedde in the province of Groningen | |
Coordinates: 53°4′10″N 7°4′45″E / 53.06944°N 7.07917°ECoordinates: 53°4′10″N 7°4′45″E / 53.06944°N 7.07917°E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | Groningen |
Municipality | Bellingwedde |
Population (1 January 2007) | |
• Total | 630 |
Postal code | 9698 |
Area code(s) | 0597 |
ISO 3166 code | NL-GR |
Wedde (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɛdə]) is a village in the municipality Bellingwedde in the province Groningen in the Netherlands. It is located 9 km southeast of Winschoten.
Wedde was a separate municipality until 1968, when it was merged with Bellingwolde to form Bellingwedde. The new name Bellingwedde is a contraction of Bellingwolde and Wedde.
Wedde is located at 53°4′12″N 7°4′34″E / 53.07000°N 7.07611°E (53.07, 7.08) in the southwest of the municipality Bellingwedde, in the east of the province Groningen, in the northeast of the Netherlands. Wedde is an administrative neighbourhood (Dutch: buurt) in the district (Dutch: wijk) of Blijham.
As of 2007, Wedde has a population of 630.
The Wedderborg is a borg (castle) in the village.