Stadskanaal

municipality in the Netherlands
Organization municipality_of_the_netherlands Q73074
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Summary

Stadskanaal is a municipality of the Netherlands[1]. Stadskanaal draws 245 Wikipedia views per month (municipality of the netherlands category, ranking #76 of 404).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Groningen[3]
  • Country: Netherlands[4]
  • Head of government: Baukje Galama[5]
  • Capital: Stadskanaal[6]
  • Shares border with: Pekela[7], Borger-Odoorn[8]
  • Named after: Stadskanaal[9]
  • Flag: flag of Stadskanaal[10]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Stadskanaal[11]
  • Postal code: 9500–9509[12], 9580–9599[13], 9660–9661[14]
  • Commons category: Stadskanaal[15]
  • Local dialing code: 0599[16]
  • Archives at: Gemeentearchief Stadskanaal[17]
  • Inception: January 1, 1969[18]
  • Official website: https://www.stadskanaal.nl/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Stadskanaal[20]
  • Email address: mailto:gemeente@stadskanaal.nl[21]
  • Population: 32,629[22], 32,252[23], 32,258[24], 31,789[25], 31,686[26], 31,754[27]
  • Office held by head of government: mayor of Stadskanaal[28]
  • Replaces: Onstwedde[29], Vlagtwedde[30], Wildervank[31]
  • Contains settlement: Stadskanaal[32], Mussel[33], Musselkanaal[34], Onstwedde[35], Ceresdorp[36], Alteveer[37], Horsten[38], Holte[39], Sterenborg[40], Ter Wupping[41], Höchte[42], Vledderhuizen[43], Tange[44], Braamberg[45]
  • List of monuments: Lijst van rijksmonumenten in Stadskanaal (gemeente)[46], Gemeentelijke monumenten in Stadskanaal[47], list of war memorials in Stadskanaal[48]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Stadskanaal[49]
  • Number of households: 14,494[50], 14,508[51], 14,655[52], 14,528[53], 14,507[54]

Why It Matters

Stadskanaal has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Stadskanaal is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  32. [34] ↑ . cbs.nl. Retrieved . cbs.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . cbs.nl. Retrieved . cbs.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Sadads · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ban', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi',
    Sitelink count → 51
    P14900 → nl-003000
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14900: nl-003000, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/327258342|Gemeente Stadskanaal (#327258342)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8575|EHRI Ins"
  2. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+119.96'}
    Replaces → Onstwedde, Vlagtwedde, Wildervank
    Contains settlement → Stadskanaal, Mussel, Musselkanaal +20
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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