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Drenthe

First-level unit, Netherlands: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-NLD-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO NLD / NLStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
497,361
people (GHSL 2025)
2,670 km²
area
2.8%
of Netherlands
12
units inside

01Imephu

Inside Drenthe

The 12 ADM2 units of Drenthe.

FIG 1 · 12 units inside Drenthe
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

Abantu · GHSL 2025

497,361

2.8% of Netherlands.

Abantu · WorldPop 2025

496,900

0% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

2,670 km²

186 people per km².

Code

NL-DR

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Indawo esogwini ephansi

190,506

people on land at or below 10 m, 38.3% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Units

12 units inside Drenthe

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication.

Unit Code People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
Aa en Hunze – 30,673 31,634 277.77 110 6.2% 15,272
Assen – 72,378 72,169 82.99 872 14.6% 27,505
Borger-Odoorn – 31,167 29,530 277.07 112 6.3% 17,383
Coevorden – 37,552 35,331 297.97 126 7.6% 10,447
De Wolden – 36,155 37,826 225.32 160 7.3% 28,638
Emmen – 104,035 100,212 344.3 302 20.9% 2,697
Hoogeveen – 58,433 58,501 128.92 453 11.7% 18,838
Meppel – 9,092 9,953 56.77 160 1.8% 6,810
Midden-Drenthe – 34,681 35,109 344.92 101 7% 3,257
Noordenveld – 38,698 40,713 204.23 189 7.8% 27,201
Tynaarlo – 23,790 24,821 147.3 162 4.8% 21,158
Westerveld – 20,704 21,101 281.9 73 4.2% 13,747
04Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
None at this resolution
Amachweba
None at this resolution
Izikhumulo zezindiza
None at this resolution
Major roads
None at this resolution
Ojantshi
None at this resolution
Rivers and lakes
None at this resolution
05Ubungozi

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Drenthe publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Netherlands.
06Neighbours

Neighbouring units

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Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NLD ADM1, source: National Georegister, licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication · source · represents 2022
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NLD ADM2, source: National Georegister, licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication · source · represents 2022
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Amazwe
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.