Hoogezand Sappemeer

Hoogezand-Sappemeer is a former municipality inside the north of the Netherlands, in the province of Groningen . The municipality blanketed an area of seventy three.05 km² of which five.05 km² water. The municipality of Hoogezand-Sappemeer turned into originally a part of the Gorecht location that was governed with the aid of the metropolis of Groningen . The villages Westerbroek and Kropswolde time had been all parishes within the Gorecht; the relaxation of the municipality consisted of untamed land.

In the 17th century, the reclamation of peat soils started . The villages and municipalities of Hoogezand and Sappemeer were created at some stage in this extraction. Sappemeer turned into initially the maximum crucial place, however it become later crushed via Hoogezand. On April 1, 1949, the municipality of Hoogezand-Sappemeer was shaped through merging the 2 municipalities. On January 1, 2018, Hoogezand-Sappemeer merged with the municipalities of Slochteren and Menterwolde in the merger municipality of Central Groningen.