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| name                    = Midden-Drenthe
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Canal through Midden-Drenthe
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| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Midden-Drenthe in a municipal map of Drenthe
| map_caption             = Location in Drenthe
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|52|N|6|31|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Drenthe]]
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1 January 1998<ref>{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/methoden/classificaties/overzicht/gemeentelijke-indeling/1998/default.htm
 |title = Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 1998
 |trans-title=Municipal divisions on 1 January 1998
 |language = Dutch
 |website = cbs.nl
 |publisher = [[Statistics Netherlands|CBS]]
 |accessdate = 10 October 2013}}</ref>
| established_title1       = Renamed
| established_date1        = 1 January 2000<ref>{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/methoden/classificaties/overzicht/gemeentelijke-indeling/2000/default.htm
 |title = Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2000
 |trans-title=Municipal divisions on 1 January 2000
 |language = Dutch
 |website = cbs.nl
 |publisher = [[Statistics Netherlands|CBS]]
 |accessdate = 10 October 2013}}</ref>
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.middendrenthe.nl/Bestuur-en-organisatie/College-van-bw/Leden-college-van-burgemeester-en-wethouders.htm
 |title       = Leden college van burgemeester en wethouders
 |trans-title = Members of the board of mayor and aldermen
 |language    = Dutch
 |publisher   = Gemeente Midden-Drenthe
 |accessdate  = 10 October 2013
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110416065208/http://www.middendrenthe.nl/Bestuur-en-organisatie/College-van-bw/Leden-college-van-burgemeester-en-wethouders.htm
 |archivedate = 16 April 2011
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Democrats 66|D66]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Mieke Damsma]]
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| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Midden-Drenthe}}
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 |title=Postcodetool for 9411NB 
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 |publisher=Het Waterschapshuis 
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| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
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| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 7938, 9410–9442
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0528, 0592, 0593
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.middendrenthe.nl}}
| footnotes               =
[[File:Gem-MiddenDrenthe-OpenTopo.jpg|250px]]
''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, June 2015''
}}
'''Midden-Drenthe''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌmɪdə(n) ˈdrɛntə|-|Nl-Midden-Drenthe.oga}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the northeastern [[Netherlands]]. The municipality was created in 1998, in a merger of the former municipalities of [[Beilen]], [[Smilde]], and [[Westerbork (village)|Westerbork]]. Between 1998 and 2000, the name of the municipality was '''Middenveld'''.

== Population centres ==
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* [[Balinge]]
* [[Beilen]]
* [[Bovensmilde]]
* [[Brunsting]]
* [[Bruntinge]]
* [[Drijber]]
* [[Elp]]
* [[Eursinge, Midden-Drenthe|Eursinge]]
* [[Garminge]]
* [[Hijken]]
* [[Hijkersmilde]]
* [[Holthe]]
* [[Hoogersmilde]]
* [[Hooghalen]]
* [[Laaghalen]]
* [[Laaghalerveen]]
* Lieving
* Makkum
* [[Mantinge]]
* [[Nieuw-Balinge]]
* [[Oranje, Drenthe|Oranje]]
* [[Orvelte]]
* Smalbroek
* [[Smilde]]
* [[Spier]]
* [[Terhorst]]
* [[Westerbork (village)|Westerbork]]
* [[Wijster]]
* [[Witteveen, Midden-Drenthe|Witteveen]]
* [[Zuidveld]]
* [[Zwiggelte]].
}}

[[File:Westerbork Synthese Radio Telescoop.JPG|155px|left|thumb|Westerbork Synthese Radio Telescoop]]

The village of Westerbork gives its name to the [[Westerbork (camp)|Westerbork deportation and (later) concentration camp]], located about 7&nbsp;km north of the village, in the forests of Hooghalen.

The [[Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope]] (WSRT) array was installed near the site of the camp in 1969.

==Education==
There are 16 primary schools in the municipality as of 2023.<ref name=Schoollist>{{cite web|url=https://www.middendrenthe.nl/onderwijs/scholen|title=Scholen|language=nl|publisher=Midden-Drenthe|accessdate=2023-04-15}}</ref>

There are two secondary schools, both in Beilen:<ref name=Schoollist/>
* Dr. Nassau College
* CS Vincent van Gogh

== Notable people ==
* [[Carry van Bruggen]] (1881 in Smilde - 1932) a Dutch writer
* [[Jacob Israël de Haan]] (1881 in Smilde – 1924 in Jerusalem) a Dutch-Jewish literary writer, jurist and journalist, killed by [[Haganah]] 
* [[Jan Hartman (Nazi collaborator)|Jan Hartman]] (1887 in Beilen – 1969) a Dutch fascist and collaborator during WWII 
* [[Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper]] (1890 in Smilde – 2005 in Hoogeveen) the oldest person ever from the Netherlands
* [[Hans Heyting]] (1918 near Beilen – 1992) a Dutch poet, playwright, radio personality, children's book writer and painter
* [[Henk Koning]] (1933 in Beilen – 2016) a Dutch politician
* [[Martin van Hees]] (born 1964 in Beilen) a Dutch philosopher and academic
* [[Eef van Breen]] (born 1978 in Westerbork) a Dutch jazz trumpeter, singer, arranger and composer
=== Sport ===
* [[Jan Lomulder]] (born 1967 in Beilen) a Dutch former kickboxer
* [[Adelinde Cornelissen]] (born 1979 in Beilen) a Dutch dressage rider
* [[Jasper Iwema]] (born 1989 in Hooghalen) a Dutch motorcycle rider
* [[Laura Dijkema]] (born 1990 in Beilen) a Dutch volleyball player

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[http://www.middendrenthe.nl Official website]

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Midden-Drenthe
|North     = [[Noordenveld]], [[Assen]]
|Northeast = [[Aa en Hunze]]
|East      = 
|Southeast = [[Coevorden]]
|South     = [[Hoogeveen]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Westerveld]]
|Northwest = [[Ooststellingwerf]]{{space}}([[Friesland|FR]])
}}

{{Midden-Drenthe town}}
{{Drenthe Province}}
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[[Category:Midden-Drenthe| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Drenthe]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2000]]


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