Aa en Hunze

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Aa en Hunze


mapsize = 280px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Netherlands
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Drenthe
area_footnotes = (2006)
area_total_km2 = 278.86
area_land_km2 = 276.86
area_water_km2 = 2.00
population_as_of = 1 January 2007
population_note = Source: CBS, [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline] .
settlement_type = Municipality
population_total = 25549
population_density_km2 = 92
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2

Aa en Hunze (Pronunciation|027 Aa en Hunze.ogg) is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands.

The names 'Aa' (more precisely the 'Drentsche Aa') and 'Hunze' refer to two small rivers through the municipality.

Population centres

*Achter 't Hout
*Amen (Drenthe)
*Anderen
*Anloo
*Annen
*Annerveenschekanaal
*Balloërveld
*Balloo
*Bareveld
*Bonnen
*Bonnerveen
*Bosje
*Bovenstreek
*De Hilte
*Deurze
*Eext
*Eexterveen
*Eexterveenschekanaal
*Eexterzandvoort
*Ekehaar
*Eldersloo
*Eleveld
*Gasselte
*Gasselterboerveen
*Gasselterboerveenschemond
*Gasselternijveen
*Gasselternijveenschemond 1e Dwarsdiep
*Gasselternijveenschemond 2e Dwarsdiep
*Gasteren
*Geelbroek
*Gieten
*Gieterveen
*Gieterzandvoort
*Grolloo
*Kostvlies
*Marwijksoord
*Nieuw-Annerveen
*Nieuwediep
*Nijlande
*Nooitgedacht
*Oud-Annerveen
*Papenvoort
*Rolde
*Schipborg
*Schoonlo
*Schreierswijk
*Spijkerboor
*Streek
*Torenveen
*Veenhof
*Vredenheim

Long place names

The very small hamlets "Gasselternijveenschemond 1e Dwarsdiep" and "Gasselternijveenschemond 2e Dwarsdiep" have the longest settlement names in the Netherlands. Gasselterboerveenschemond is the longest single-word placename in the country.

External links

* [http://www.aaenhunze.nl Official Website]
* [http://2miljoen.nl/Top/Nederland/Drenthe/Aa_en_Hunze/ Businesses in Aa en Hunze (in Dutch)]

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