Loppersum (; ) is a village and former municipality in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands.
Geography Loppersum is located in the province of Groningen in the north of the Netherlands.
The former municipality was bordered by the municipalities of Eemsmond (north), Delfzijl (east), Appingedam (east), Slochteren (southeast), Ten Boer (south), and Bedum (southwest).
The population centres in the municipality were:
Eekwerd Eekwerderdraai Eenum Fraamklap Garrelsweer Garsthuizen Hoeksmeer Honderd Huizinge Kolhol Leermens Loppersum Lutjerijp Lutjewijtwerd Merum Middelstum Oosterwijtwerd Startenhuizen Stedum Stork Toornwerd Westeremden Westerwijtwerd Wirdum Wirdumerdraai 't Zandt Zeerijp Zijldijk
Government The second to last mayor of Loppersum was Albert Rodenboog of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). College van B&W, Municipality of Loppersum. Retrieved 22 August 2015. He was chosen as best local administrator by the professional magazine Binnenlands Bestuur in 2013. "Burgemeester Rodenboog (Loppersum) verkozen tot bestuurder 2013", Dagblad van het Noorden, 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
Monuments The Petrus en Pauluskerk is a national heritage site (rijksmonument) in Loppersum. Complex- of Monumentnummer: 26265 , Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. Retrieved on 22 August 2015.
Of the borg of Ewsum in Middelstum a single defense tower remains today. Geschiedenis Borg Ewsum , Borgterrein Ewsum. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
Transportation The Groningen–Delfzijl railway runs through the municipality from east to west with the railway stations of Stedum and Loppersum. Overzicht van de spoorlijn Groningen-Delfzijl, Stationsweb. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
Notable residents Titia van der Tuuk (1854 in 't Zandt – 1939) a Dutch feminist atheist and teetotal, vegetarian pacifist Johannes de Groot (1914 in Garrelsweer – 1972) a Dutch mathematician and topologist Jan Pesman (1931 in Stedum – 2014) a Dutch long-distance speed skater, bronze medallist at the 1960 Winter Olympics Haijo Apotheker (born 1950 in Loppersum) a Dutch politician Laurens W. Molenkamp (born 1956 in Garrelsweer) a Professor of physics, works on semiconductor structures and topological insulators
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