Westdorp | |
Image Map1: | Map NL - Borger-Odoorn - Westdorp.png |
Map Caption1: | The village (dark red) and the statistical district (light green) of Westdorp in the municipality of Borger-Odoorn. |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village in the province of Drenthe |
Coordinates: | 52.9°N 52°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Drenthe |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Borger-Odoorn |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 15 |
Area Total Km2: | 6.09 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 135 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 9534 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0591 |
Westdorp is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, and lies about 17 km northwest of Emmen.
The village was first mentioned between 1381 and 1383 as "to Westorpe", and means "western village" as viewed from Ees.[3] Westdorp was home to 95 people in 1840.[4]
In 2002, a subsidy of €450,000 was granted to repair an hunebed (dolmen) in Borger. The farmers of Westdorp gathered big boulders, the heaviest weight 8 tonnes, and built their own hunebed in the village square. The municipality did not know what to make it of it, but did grant a building permits afterwards.[5] [4]