Scheemda

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>Until 2010, Scheemda was a separate municipality with the population centers <a href="/facts/Heiligerlee/yGSqm0nf">Heiligerlee</a>, <a href="/facts/Midwolda/9oTAGC8s">Midwolda</a>, <a href="/facts/Nieuw-Scheemda/q6R8BNVl">Nieuw-Scheemda</a>, <a href="/facts/Nieuwolda/dnG5YtHJ">Nieuwolda</a>, <a href="/facts/Oostwold%2c_Scheemda/UlXDAyUI">Oostwold</a>, Scheemda, <a href="/facts/%2527t_Waar/NWWbfgBd">'t Waar</a> and <a href="/facts/Westerlee_(Groningen)/jk3IzSFf">Westerlee</a>. On 1 January 2010, the municipality merged into <a href="/facts/Oldambt_(municipality)/Auf6zLdK">Oldambt</a>.
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<h2 id="transportation">Transportation</h2>
<p>The <a href="/facts/Scheemda_railway_station/bXDaBjUx">Scheemda railway station</a> was opened in 1868 and has train services to <a href="/facts/Zuidbroek%2c_Groningen/8UU9DbSx">Zuidbroek</a> and <a href="/facts/Groningen/NN8RGePD">Groningen</a> in the west, and <a href="/facts/Winschoten/zPKod0cG">Winschoten</a>, <a href="/facts/Bad_Nieuweschans/YmIJAzub">Bad Nieuweschans</a>, and <a href="/facts/Leer%2c_Lower_Saxony/Ga1Q5UCM">Leer</a> (Germany) in the east.
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<h2 id="notable-people">Notable people</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Pieter_Smit/zV3FHbwv">Pieter Smit</a> (1963–2018), mayor of Oldambt (2010–2018), lived and died here.</li></ul>
<h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li> Media related to Scheemda at Wikimedia Commons</li></ul>

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Scheemda