Voorst

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Voorst

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mapsize = 280px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Netherlands
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Gelderland
area_footnotes = (2006)
area_total_km2 = 126.52
area_land_km2 = 123.11
area_water_km2 = 3.41
population_as_of = 1 January, 2007
population_note = Source: CBS, [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline] .
settlement_type = Municipality
population_total = 23530
population_density_km2 = 191
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2

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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.

External links

* [http://www.voorst.nl Official website]