Garminge
Village in Drenthe, Netherlands
52°49′13″N 6°37′24″E / 52.82028°N 6.62333°E / 52.82028; 6.62333[1]
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(2021)[1]
9438[1]
Garminge is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 15 km northeast of Hoogeveen.
It was first mentioned in 1362 as Gharminge, and means "the descendants of Garm".[3] Garm is an old Dutch first name generally just used in the northern provinces Drenthe, Groningen and Friesland.
Garminge was home to 97 people in 1840.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 9438TA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Garminge - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "Garminge". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
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Populated places in the municipality of Midden-Drenthe
- Balinge
- Bovensmilde
- Drijber
- Elp
- Garminge
- Hijken
- Hoogersmilde
- Hooghalen
- Mantinge
- Nieuw-Balinge
- Oranje
- Orvelte
- Smilde
- Westerbork
- Wijster
- Witteveen
- Zwiggelte
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