Matsloot
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Matsloot | |
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.jpg) Farm in Matsloot | |
  Matsloot Location in province of Drenthe in the Netherlands  Matsloot Matsloot (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 53°12′01″N 6°27′56″E / 53.20030°N 6.46564°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Drenthe |
| Municipality | Noordenveld |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 9749 |
| Dialing code | 050 |
Matsloot is a hamlet in the Netherlands, and is divided over the municipalities Groningen in province Groningen, and Noordenveld in Drenthe.
Matsloot is not a statistical entity,[2] but does have its own postal code.[3] It has about 10 houses in Noordenveld and one in Groningen.[4] It was first mentioned in 1781 as "De mat sloot" and means "the ditch near the meadow".[5] In 1840, it was home to 61 people. During the construction of the A7 motorway, the hamlet was split in two, and the motorway became between the new border between Groningen and Drenthe.[4]
