Loppersum (ˈlɔpərsʏm) is a village and former municipality in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands.
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
The last mayor of Loppersum was Albert Rodenboog of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He was chosen as best local administrator by the professional magazine Binnenlands Bestuur in 2013.
The Petrus en Pauluskerk is a national heritage site (rijksmonument) in Loppersum.
Of the borg of Ewsum in Middelstum a single defense tower remains today.
The Groningen–Delfzijl railway runs through the municipality from east to west with the railway stations of Stedum and Loppersum.
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
File:20090628 Gereformeerde kerk Garrelsweer.jpg|Garrelsweer, reformed church
File:Leermens - dorpshuis.jpg|Leermens, dorpshuis
File:Middelstum - Kerkpad.jpg|Middelstum, Kerkpad
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