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Amersfoort

Amersfoort

Amersfoort is a locality in , and has about 140,000 residents. Amersfoort is situated nearby to the quarter , as well as near the locality .
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  • Type: Locality with 140,000 residents
  • Description: city in the province of Utrecht, the Netherlands
  • Postal codes: 3811-3819 and 3821-3826

Places of Interest

Highlights include Amersfoort Centraal railway station and Koppelpoort.

Railway station
Photo: Sneeuwvlakte, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Amersfoort Centraal is the main railway station in in the province of Utrecht, . The station was an important link between the western part of the Netherlands and the north and east of the country until December 2012 when the Hanzelijn opened.

City gate
Photo: Bert, CC BY 2.0.
The is a medieval in the Dutch city of , province of . Completed around 1425, it combines land and water-gates, and is part of the second city wall of Amersfoort, which was constructed between 1380 and 1450.

Museum
Photo: Ciell, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The is a museum in , the , in the house where Piet Mondriaan was born in 1872. The museum building also includes the structure of the Christian primary school, where Mondrian's father served as the headmaster.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leusden and Hoogland.

Town
Photo: G.Lanting, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality and a town in the , in the province of . It is located about 3 kilometres southeast of . The western part of the municipality lies on the slopes of the and is largely covered by forest and heathlands. is situated 4 km southeast of Amersfoort.

Village
is a village and former free-standing municipality in the province of in the . It is located north of the city centre. is situated 3½ km north of Amersfoort.

Town
is a town in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 5 km east of . was a separate municipality until 2000, when it was merged with Nijkerk. is situated 5 km northeast of Amersfoort.

Amersfoort

Latitude
52.155° or 52° 9′ 18″ north
Longitude
5.3875° or 5° 23′ 15″ east
Population
140,000
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
IATA airport code
QYM
United Nations Location Code
NL AME
Open location code
9F47594P+2X
Geo­Names ID
2759821
Wiki­data ID
Q33421377
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Western Frisian—“Amersfoort” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Amersfoort”
  • Catalan: “Amersfoort”
  • Cebuano: “Amersfoort”
  • Czech: “Amersfoort”
  • Danish: “Amersfoort”
  • Dutch: “Amersfoort (plaats)”
  • Dutch: “Amersfoort”
  • Dutch: “de Keistad”
  • Esperanto: “Amersforto”
  • Finnish: “Amersfoort”
  • French: “Amersfoort”
  • Galician: “Amersfoort”
  • German: “Amersfoort”
  • Greek: “Άμερσφοορτ”
  • Hebrew: “אמרספורט”
  • Ido: “Amersfoort”
  • Indonesian: “Amersfoort”
  • Irish: “Amersfoort”
  • Italian: “Amersfoort”
  • Limburgan: “Amersfoort”
  • Luxembourgish: “Amersfoort”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Amersfoort”
  • Polish: “Amersfoort”
  • Portuguese: “Amersfoort”
  • Romanian: “Amersfoort”
  • Russian: “Амерсфорт”
  • Swedish: “Amersfoort”
  • Western Frisian: “Amersfoart”
  • “Amersfoort”

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