Volksmond
Volksmond is a retail building in Drakenstein Local Municipality, Cape Winelands District Municipality, Western Cape. Volksmond is situated nearby to the tourism office Visitor Center, as well as near Afrikaans Language Monument.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Afrikaans Language Monument and Paarl Boys‘ High School.
Afrikaans Language Monument
Monument
Photo: Chell Hill, CC BY 2.5.
The Afrikaans Language Monument is located on a hill overlooking Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Officially opened on 10 October 1975, it commemorates the semicentenary of Afrikaans being declared an official language of South Africa separate from Dutch.
Paarl Boys‘ High School
School
Photo: Aliyahreflections, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paarl Boys' High School, known in Afrikaans as Hoër Jongenskool Paarl, is a public dual-medium high school for boys and is one of the oldest schools in South Africa, built in 1868. Paarl Boys‘ High School is situated 3½ km northeast of Volksmond.
La Rochelle Girls‘ High School
School
La Rochelle Girls' High School, in Paarl is the oldest girls' school in South Africa. La Rochelle Girls‘ High School is situated 4 km northeast of Volksmond.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paarl and Denneburg.
Paarl
Photo: Tim Parkinson, CC BY 2.0.
Paarl is the third-oldest town in South Africa and is approximately 60 km to the north-west of Cape Town. It is famous for having one of the world's largest rock outcrops.
Denneburg
Suburb
Paarl is a town with 294,457 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is the largest town in the Cape Winelands. Due to the growth of the Mbekweni township, it is now a de facto urban unit with Wellington. Denneburg is situated 5 km northeast of Volksmond.
Klapmuts
Village
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0.
Klapmuts is the name of both a hill, and a town which formed at its foot. They are located in Cape Winelands District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Klapmuts is situated 8 km southwest of Volksmond.
Volksmond
Latitude
-33.76645° or 33° 45′ 59″ southLongitude
18.94305° or 18° 56′ 35″ eastOpen location code
4FRW6WMV+C6OpenStreetMap ID
way 1433683539OpenStreetMap feature
building=retail
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