Country Netherlands Local time Saturday 9:43 PM Municipality Tynaarlo | Population ca. 230 Province Drenthe | |
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Weather 9°C, Wind E at 8 km/h, 89% Humidity | ||
De Punt is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Tynaarlo, and lies about 11 km south of Groningen.
Map of De Punt, Netherlands
The statistical area "De Punt", which can also include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 240.
De Punt was the site for the 1977 Dutch train hostage crisis.
In 2008, De Punt reached national headlines as the site of a fire in a shipyard, in which three firemen, aged 29 (Raymond Patrick Soyer), 38 (Egbert Ubels) and 48 (Anne Kregel), died. They are commemorated by the asteroid 12156 Ubels.
References
De Punt Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA