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{{Infobox settlement<br />
|official_name = Scheemda<br />
| image_skyline = Scheemda, straatzicht Torenstraat foto1 2012-09-01 15.26.JPG<br />
| image_caption = Torenstraat in 2012<br />
| image_flag = Flag of Scheemda.svg<br />
| image_shield = Scheemda wapen.svg<br />
| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0039 (2009).svg<br />
| map_alt = Highlighted position of Scheemda in a municipal map of Groningen<br />
| map_caption = Location in Groningen<br />
| pushpin_map = Netherlands Groningen<br />
| pushpin_label_position = <br />
| pushpin_map_alt = <br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Scheemda in the province of [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]]<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|53|10|N|6|58|E|region:NL-GR|display=inline,title}}<br />
|subdivision_type = Country<br />
|subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]]<br />
|subdivision_type1 = Province<br />
|subdivision_name1 = [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]]<br />
|subdivision_type2 = Municipality<br />
|subdivision_name2 = [[Oldambt (municipality)|Oldambt]]<br />
|area_footnotes = (2012)<ref name="statline">{{in lang|nl}} [http://statline.cbs.nl/Statweb/publication/?VW=T&DM=SLNL&PA=70904ned&D1=3,15,122-124&D2=17045&D3=l&HD=141221-1742&HDR=T&STB=G1,G2 Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2009-2012], [[Statistics Netherlands]], 2014. Retrieved on 21 December 2014.</ref><br />
|area_total_ha = 225<br />
|area_land_ha = 220<br />
|area_water_ha = 5<br />
|population_as_of = 2023<br />
|population_footnotes = <ref name="statline"/><br />
|settlement_type = [[Village]]<br />
|population_total = 5085<br />
|population_density_km2 = 762<br />
|timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]<br />
|utc_offset = +1<br />
|timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]<br />
|utc_offset_DST = +2<br />
}}<br />
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'''Scheemda''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈsxeːmdaː|-|Nl-Scheemda.oga}}) is a [[village]] with a population of 5,085 in the municipality of [[Oldambt (municipality)|Oldambt]] in the province of [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]] in the [[Netherlands]]. Scheemda was a separate [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] until 2010, when it merged with [[Reiderland]] and [[Winschoten]] to form the municipality of Oldambt.<br />
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== History ==<br />
Until 2010, Scheemda was a separate municipality with the population centers [[Heiligerlee]], [[Midwolda]], [[Nieuw-Scheemda]], [[Nieuwolda]], [[Oostwold, Scheemda|Oostwold]], Scheemda, [['t Waar]] and [[Westerlee (Groningen)|Westerlee]]. On 1 January 2010, the municipality merged into [[Oldambt (municipality)|Oldambt]].<br />
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== Transportation ==<br />
The [[Scheemda railway station]] was opened in 1868 and has train services to [[Zuidbroek, Groningen|Zuidbroek]] and [[Groningen]] in the west, and [[Winschoten]], [[Bad Nieuweschans]], and [[Leer, Lower Saxony|Leer]] (Germany) in the east.<br />
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== Notable people == <br />
* [[Pieter Smit]] (1963–2018), mayor of Oldambt (2010–2018), lived and died here.<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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File:Scheemda, de vrijstaande toren van de Hervormde kerk RM33077 foto4 2012-09-01 15.32.jpg|Scheemda, church tower <br />
File:Scheemda, straatzicht met ophaalbrug 2012-09-01 15.18.jpg|Scheemda, drawing bridge in the street <br />
File:Strokartonfabriek de Toekomst II A.jpg|Cardboard factory ''De Toekomst II'' (The Future II)<br />
File:Station Scheemda.jpg|[[Scheemda railway station]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{commons category-inline|Scheemda}}<br />
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{{Dutch municipality Oldambt}}<br />
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[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2010]]<br />
[[Category:Former municipalities of Groningen (province)]]<br />
[[Category:Populated places in Groningen (province)]]<br />
[[Category:Oldambt (municipality)]]<br />
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