Roodeschool
Roodeschool | |
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Roodeschool in 1998 | |
Location of Roodeshcool in the province of Groningen | |
| Coordinates: 53°25′14″N 6°45′49″E / 53.42056°N 6.76361°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Groningen |
| Municipality | Het Hogeland |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.60 km2 (0.23 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1.3 m (4.3 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 845 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 9983 |
| Dialing code | 0595 |
Roodeschool (Gronings: Roschoul) is a community situated in the northeast of Groningen province in the Netherlands and forming part of the municipality of Het Hogeland. It had a population of around 860 in January 2017.
Roodeschool's railway station is the second northernmost in the Netherlands and forms part of the Groningen-Roodeschool railway line.
The name, which means "red school", is derived from the local noteworthiness of the red roof tiles of a village school which once stood in the vicinity.