Eastern Netherlands
Gelderland
West Maas en Waal Municipality

Altforst

Altforst is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 10 km north of . It was first mentioned in 1134 as Altfurse, and means "old settlement near furze ".
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  • Type: Village with 533 residents
  • Description: village in West Maas en Waal, Netherlands
  • Postal code: 6628

Places of Interest

Highlights include Donatus Martelaarkerk and Stoomgemaal De Tuut.

Church
Photo: Havang(nl), Public domain.
is a church.

Museum
Photo: Yola de Lusenet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a museum, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Altforst.

Photo: Havang(nl), Public domain.
is situated 3 km south of Altforst.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Appeltern and Horssen.

Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 9 km northeast of . Until 1984, was an independent municipality. is situated 2½ km southeast of Altforst.

Village
is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 10 km northwest of . was a separate municipality until 1984, when it was merged with . is situated 3 km east of Altforst.

Village
Photo: Havang(nl), Public domain.
or Meghem is a small city in the southern part of the , in the province , close to the river . It is part of the municipality. The number of inhabitants is approximately 1700. is situated 3½ km south of Altforst.

Altforst

Latitude
51.85096° or 51° 51′ 4″ north
Longitude
5.56622° or 5° 33′ 58″ east
Population
533
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL ART
Open location code
9F37VH28+9F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 44087305
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2759858
Wiki­data ID
Q2298776
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Altforst” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Altforst”
  • Bulgarian: “Алтфорст”
  • Catalan: “Altforst”
  • Cebuano: “Altforst”
  • Chinese: “Altforst”
  • Dutch: “Altforst”
  • French: “Altforst”
  • Irish: “Altforst”
  • Luxembourgish: “Altforst”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Altforst”
  • Persian: “التفارست”
  • Portuguese: “Altforst”
  • Russian: “Алфорст”
  • Ukrainian: “Алтфорст”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Altforst”. Photo: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0.