Voorst

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Voorst
Location of Voorst
Country Netherlands
Province Gelderland
Area (2006)
 - Total 126.52 km² (48.8 sq mi)
 - Land 123.11 km² (47.5 sq mi)
 - Water 3.41 km² (1.3 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
 - Total 23,530
 - Density 191/km² (494.7/sq mi)
  Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Image:Ltspkr.pngVoorst is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.

[edit] 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
  • Wilp-Achterhoek.

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