Voorst
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| Location in Gelderland Location in Gelderland |
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| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | Gelderland | ||
| Government[1] | |||
| • Body | Municipal council | ||
| • Mayor | Jos Penninx (PvdA) | ||
| Area[2] | |||
| • Total | 126.47 km2 (48.83 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 123.07 km2 (47.52 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 3.40 km2 (1.31 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation[3] | 6 m (20 ft) | ||
| Population (May 2014)[4] | |||
| • Total | 23,860 | ||
| • Density | 194/km2 (500/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Voorstenaar | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postcode | 7382–7397, 7439 | ||
| Area code | 055, 0571 | ||
| Website | www |
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Voorst (<phonos file="Nl-Voorst.ogg">pronunciation</phonos>) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.
Population centres
- Appen (near a wood where nice walks can be taken)
- Bussloo (with a recreation centre with a small lake and beach)
- De Kar (near a motorway junction (A1, Amsterdam- Berlin)
- De Vecht
- De Wijk
- Gietelo (castle ruin of Nijenbeek on the IJssel dyke)
- Klarenbeek (partly in the municipality Apeldoorn; small railroad station)
- Klein-Amsterdam
- Nijbroek
- Posterenk (also near the A1, with an old Dutch wind-mill)
- Spekhoek
- Steenenkamer, actually an outskirt of Deventer
- Terwolde
- Teuge (with an airfield, where parachuting is taught)
- Twello, half-way between Apeldoorn and Deventer, which is the main village of the municipality, having over 11,000 inhabitants; the town-hall, some industry, most schools, a railway station, a shopping centre etc. can be found there
- Voorst, an old village along the road between Apeldoorn and Zutphen, with a beautiful old church; 1 mile south of Voorst, another small railroad station was opened in 2006
- Wilp, a tiny village on the IJssel opposite to Deventer; it has a small, very old church and a hospital for mentally handicapped people; the village already existed in 768; Saint Lebuinus built a chapel there; the name is allegedly derived from wel-apa that is: well-water; it is possible, that prehistoric Celtic or Germanic people worshipped a holy well there.
Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Voorst, June 2015
References
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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Epe | Olst-Wijhe (OV) | |
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Deventer (OV) Lochem |
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| Brummen | Zutphen |
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