- Voorst
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Voorst
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.
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 municipalityApeldoorn ; small railroad station)
* Klein-Amsterdam
* Nijbroek
* Posterenk (also near the A1, with an old Dutch wind-mill)
* Spekhoek
* Steenenkamer, actually an outskirt ofDeventer
* Terwolde
* Teuge (with an airfield, whereparachuting 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 betweenApeldoorn andZutphen , with a beautiful old church; 1 mile south of Voorst, another small railroad station was opened in 2006
* Wilp, a tiny village on theIJssel opposite to Deventer; it has a small, very old church and a hospital for mentally handicapped people; the village already existed in 768; SaintLebuinus 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]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.