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Voorst
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| Voorst | |
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| Country | Netherlands |
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| Province | Gelderland |
| Area (2006) | |
| - Municipality | 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) | |
| - Municipality | 23,530 |
| - Density | 191/km² (494.7/sq mi) |
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Voorst is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.
- 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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