't Haantje, Drenthe

Village in Drenthe, Netherlands

52°48′53″N 6°49′23″E / 52.81472°N 6.82306°E / 52.81472; 6.82306CountryNetherlandsProvinceDrentheMunicipalityCoevordenArea

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• Total4.60 km² (1.78 sq mi)Elevation

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19 m (62 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total235 • Density51/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

7847^[1]

Dialing code0591

't Haantje (the Little Rooster) is a small village in the northeastern Netherlands. It is situated northwest of Emmen and is part of the municipality of Coevorden. It lies along the Oranjekanaal [nl], between Noord-Sleen and Klijndijk.

't Haantje was first mentioned in 1874. The etymology is unclear.^[3] It was founded when peat labourers decided to settle there. On 1 December 1965, the village barely escaped a disaster. A French company working for the N.A.M. was drilling for gas, and started to lose control of the enormous gas pressure. During the afternoon, this resulted in a huge gas eruption. The ground around the hole caved in - swallowing all of the drilling equipment.^[4] The gas eruption was eventually stopped by a cement injection from a new drilling hole. A small lake^[5] lake surrounded by a forest forms a permanent reminder of this event.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 13 March 2022. Two entries
^ "Postcodetool for 7847TA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
^ "Haantje - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
^ "'t Haantje". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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