Stadskanaal (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌstɑtskaːˈnaːl] ) is a town and municipality with a population of 32,715 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. It was named after the canal Stadskanaal.

From 1800 until 1900 this area was ideal for its peat mining, and so the canal came to ship all the peat to Groningen, the capital of the province.

In the Gronings dialect the town is called "Knoal" and the locals are called "Knoalsters".

Geography

The population centres in the municipality are:

International relations

Stadskanaal is twinned with

• Bielsko-Biała in Poland

Gallery

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  Stadskanaal, church: de Poststraatkerk
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  Stadskanaal, catholic church
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  Musselkanaal, church
• 
  Musselkanaal, drawbridge

Notable people

• Cornelis Dopper (1870 in Stadskanaal – 1939) a Dutch composer, conductor and teacher
• Charles de Wolff (1932 in Mussel – 2011) a Dutch organist and conductor
• Henk Wijngaard (born 1946 in Stadskanaal) a Dutch country singer
• Henk Bleker (born 1953 in Onstwedde) a retired Dutch politician and jurist

Sport

• Jannes Munneke (born 1949 in Musselkanaal) a retired Dutch rower, competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Sylvia Smit (born 1986 in Stadskanaal) a Dutch female footballer