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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Holsloot
| settlement_type         = [[Village]]
| other_name              = <!-- if different from name -->
| native_name             = <!-- if different from name -->
| native_name_lang        =
| image_skyline           = File:Zijgevel nr. F 76-37 - Sleen - 20492350 - RCE.jpg
| image_alt               =
| image_caption           = Farm in Holsloot
| image_flag              =
| image_shield            =
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Drenthe]]
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[Coevorden]]
| pushpin_map             = Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands
| leader_title            =
| leader_name             =
| leader_party            =
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 7845TA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 12 March 2022 }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 14
| elevation_min_m         =
| elevation_max_m         =
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="stat"/>
| area_total_km2          = 8.19
| area_land_km2           =
| area_water_km2          =
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| established_date        =
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=13 March 2022|quote=Two entries}}</ref>
| population_total        = 215
| population_as_of        = 2021
| population_demonym      =
| population_note         =
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_density_urban_km2 = auto
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 7845<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code               = 0591
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|43|41|N|6|48|8|E|region:NL|display=inline, title}}
}}
'''Holsloot''' is a village in the [[Netherlands]] and is part of the [[Coevorden]] municipality in [[Drenthe]].
Holsloot was first mentioned in 12BC, and means "hollow ditch".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/holsloot |title=Holsloot - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=13 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> The village developed after the Verlengde Hoogeveensche Vaart was dug, and is a [[linear settlement]]. The pub near the bridge became the centre of the village.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/holsloot |title=Holsloot |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=13 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
== References ==
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{{Coevorden-town}}
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[[Category:Coevorden]]
[[Category:Populated places in Drenthe]]
{{Drenthe-geo-stub}}