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Town and Municipality
Church in Veendam
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Groningen
Country	Netherlands
Province	Groningen
Established	1648
Government
• Body	Municipal council
Area
• Total	78.68 km2 (30.38 sq mi)
• Land	76.07 km2 (29.37 sq mi)
• Water	2.61 km2 (1.01 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Population  (May 2014)
• Total	27,752
• Density	365/km2 (950/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Veendammer
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	9630–9633, 9640–9648
Area code	0598

Veendam (Dutch pronunciation: [veːnˈdɑm]) is a town and municipality with a population of 27,752 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Veendam was established in 1648 as a peat colony by Adriaan Geerts Wildervanck.

Holland America Line has named four ships Veendam after the town.

The municipality includes Westerdiepsterdallen, the smallest town in the Netherlands.

Geography

The population centres in the municipality are:

International relations

Veendam has two sister cities:

Sports

Cycling

Veendam was the start place of stage 4b at the 2012 Energiewacht Tour and the finish place of stage 2 at the 2013 Energiewacht Tour.

Sport clubs

• SC Veendam, former soccer club
• Flash Veendam, volleyball club
• NNZC Veendam, gliding club

Notable residents

Hendrik de Cock, 1829

Renate Groenewold, 2007

• Hendrik de Cock (1801–1842) a Dutch minister responsible for the 1834 Dutch Reformed Church split
• Anthony Winkler Prins (1817 in Voorst – 1908) a Dutch writer, chief editor of the Winkler Prins encyclopedia.
• Herman Mees (1880–1964) was a Dutch artist, portrait painter, watercolorist and academic
• Herman Johannes Lam (1892–1977) a Dutch botanist
• Addeke Hendrik Boerma (1912–1992) the first Executive Director of the World Food Programme 1962-1967
• Gerda Geertens (born 1955 in Wildervank) a Dutch composer

Sport

• Bert Romp (1958–2018) a Dutch equestrian, gold medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Janette Bouman (born 1964) a Dutch-born Kazakhstani dressage rider
• Rick Slor (born 1971) a retired professional footballer with 509 club caps
• Anneke Venema (born 1971) a retired rower, silver medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Linda Moes (born 1971) a former breaststroke swimmer, competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• Peter Windt (born 1973) a Dutch former field hockey player
• Renate Groenewold (born 1976) a Dutch former long track speed skater, silver medallist at both the 2002 and the 2006 Winter Olympics
• Henk Grol (born 1985 in Winschoten) a Dutch judoka, bronze medallist at both the 2008 and the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Jeroen Zoet (born 1991) a Dutch professional football goalkeeper with over 250 club caps

Topography

2014 map of the municipality

See also

In Spanish: Veendam para niños