Barger-Oosterveen is a hamlet in the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

and is part of the Emmen municipality in

Drenthe Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Jan ...

. Barger-Oosterveen is a statistical entity, however the postal authorities have placed it under

Klazienaveen Klazienaveen is a town to the southeast of Emmen in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is located approx from the German border. Klazienaveen started as a peat colony owned by Willem Albert Scholten. It has been named after Klaassien Sluis, the w ...

. It was first mentioned in 1867 as Ooster Veen, and means "The eastern bog near Barge".

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Populated places in Drenthe Emmen, Netherlands {{Drenthe-geo-stub