Bargeres: Post-War District in Emmen
Constructed mainly in the 1950s and 1960s as Emmen grew from a peat colony into a regional centre, Bargeres is a residential district of about 9,060 inhabitants on the city's western side. The neighbourhood was built to house workers attracted by the new industries that replaced declining peat extraction. Rows of social housing, schools, and a community centre formed the original layout.
Renovation programmes from the 2000s onward replaced some of the older housing stock and improved public space. Bargeres borders the Emmerdennen forest, a pine woodland planted on former peat ground, now used for recreation. Emmen's centre, with the Wildlands zoo and the main shopping area, is about 2 kilometres east. Drenthe's flat open landscape of former peatland extends west toward Hoogeveen.
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Constructed mainly in the 1950s and 1960s as Emmen grew from a peat colony into a regional centre, Bargeres is a residential district of about 9,060 inhabitants on the city's western side. The neighbourhood was built to house workers attracted by the new industries that replaced declining peat extraction. Rows of social housing, schools, and a community centre formed the original layout.
Renovation programmes from the 2000s onward replaced some of the older housing stock and improved public space. Bargeres borders the Emmerdennen forest, a pine woodland planted on former peat ground, now used for recreation. Emmen's centre, with the Wildlands zoo and the main shopping area, is about 2 kilometres east. Drenthe's flat open landscape of former peatland extends west toward Hoogeveen.
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