Zuidlaren

Zuidlaren
The church of Zuidlaren
The church of Zuidlaren
Flag of Zuidlaren
Coat of arms of Zuidlaren
Location of Zuidlaren
Coordinates: 53°5′39″N 6°41′4″E / 53.09417°N 6.68444°E / 53.09417; 6.68444
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceDrenthe
MunicipalityTynaarlo
Population
 (31 December 2007[1])
10,080

Zuidlaren (Noordenvelds: Zuudlaoren) is a village in the province of Drenthe in the Northern Netherlands. Zuidlaren has just over 10,000 inhabitants and is situated on natural heightened land which is called the Hondsrug.

The village is part of the municipality of Tynaarlo. Formerly the village had its own municipality called Zuidlaren, but in 1998 Zuidlaren merged with Eelde and Vries. The new municipality was called "Zuidlaren" at first, but was renamed to Tynaarlo on 1 December 1999.[2] Tynaarlo is the name of a much smaller village than Zuidlaren and is located between the 3 largest villages of the municipality: Eelde, Zuidlaren and Vries. The new town hall is located in Vries, which replaced the Laarwoud town hall in 2004.

  1. ^ CBS Statline
  2. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina". Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2009.