Businesses in Vlagtwedde

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Vlagtwedde

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Construction of buildings	47
Corporate management	22
Other construction	18
Other accommodation	17
Restaurants	17
Accountants	15
Shopping	15

Vlagtwedde Facts

Area	34.8 km²
Population	2,570
Male Population	1,280 (49.8%)
Female Population	1,290 (50.2%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+18.8%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+11.4%
Median Age	46.4 years (Male: 45.3, Female: 47.6)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$32,710 (2022)
Area Codes	599
Local Time
Timezone	Central European Summer Time
Lat & Lng	53.02750, 7.10833
Postal Codes	9541

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Vlagtwedde Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	2,163	2,141	2,307	2,179	2,570	2,533	2,530
Population Density	62.2 / km²	61.6 / km²	66.4 / km²	62.7 / km²	74 / km²	72.9 / km²	72.8 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Vlagtwedde Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 11.4% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Vlagtwedde	+18.8%	+20%	+11.4%
Groningen (province)	—	—	—
Netherlands	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Vlagtwedde Median Age

Median Age: 46.4 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Vlagtwedde	46.4 yrs	47.6 yrs	45.3 yrs
Groningen (province)	40.6 yrs	41.5 yrs	39.6 yrs
Netherlands	41 yrs	41.7 yrs	40.2 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Vlagtwedde Population Density

Population Density: 74 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Vlagtwedde	2,570	34.8 km²	74 / km²
Groningen (province)	575,724	2,812.3 km²	205 / km²
Netherlands	16.9 million	41,398.3 km²	409 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Vlagtwedde Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Vlagtwedde

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Vlagtwedde

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Vlagtwedde Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$20,970	$23,697	$28,936	$25,635	$25,088	$27,519	$30,586	$32,710
Total GDP	$101.3M	$119.1M	$149.3M	$132.8M	$130.6M	$145.6M	$164.2M	$177.5M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Vlagtwedde CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Vlagtwedde	28,287 tn	11.01 tn	814 tons/km²
Groningen (province)	5,335,411 tn	9.27 tn	1,897.2 tons/km²
Netherlands	167,743,568 tn	9.91 tn	4,051.9 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Vlagtwedde CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	28,287 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	11.01 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	814 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Flood	Medium (4)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
5/22/19	3:48 AM	3.2	53.6 km	10,000 m	8km NNE of Winsum, Netherlands	usgs.gov
2/7/13	11:19 PM	3.4	53.5 km	10,000 m	11km NNE of Winsum, Netherlands	usgs.gov
8/16/12	8:30 PM	3.4	42.3 km	3,000 m	The Netherlands	usgs.gov
10/30/08	5:54 AM	3.3	51.6 km	3,000 m	The Netherlands	usgs.gov
7/18/08	6:12 PM	3.4	86.1 km	5,000 m	Germany	usgs.gov
3/20/07	7:54 PM	3.7	81.4 km	10,000 m	Germany	usgs.gov
8/8/06	5:03 AM	3.8	53.5 km	10,000 m	The Netherlands	usgs.gov
7/2/06	2:37 PM	3	53.5 km	5,000 m	Germany	usgs.gov
6/21/04	11:32 PM	3	50.4 km	5,000 m	The Netherlands	usgs.gov
11/10/03	12:22 AM	3.1	66.1 km	10,000 m	The Netherlands	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Vlagtwedde

Vlagtwedde (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvlɑxˌtʋɛdə]) is a municipality in the very southeast of Groningen province in the northeastern Netherlands with seat of local government in the community of Sellingen. It lies on the Dutch border with the German sta..

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