Voorst
flag |
coat of arms |
province | Gelderland |
mayor | Jos Penninx ( PvdA ) |
Seat of the municipality | Twello |
Area - land - water |
126.47 km 2 123.09 km 2 3.38 km 2 |
CBS code | 0285 |
Residents | 24,426 (Jan 31, 2019) |
Population density | 193 inhabitants / km 2 |
Coordinates | 52 ° 14 ' N , 6 ° 5' E |
Important traffic route | |
prefix | 055, 0570, 0571 |
Postcodes | 7382-7384, 7391-7392, 7395-7397, 7439 |
Website | Homepage of Voorst |
Voorst, campsite farm de Adelaar |
Voorst ( Dutch municipality in the province of Gelderland and, according to the CBS, had 24,426 inhabitants on January 31, 2019 . Their total area is 126.47 km². The municipality includes the village of Twello, in which over 13,000 people live and the municipal administration has its seat, the smaller villages Voorst, Terwolde, Wilp, Nijbroek and Teuge and a few other localities.
) is aLocation and economy
Twello is two kilometers from the A1 Amsterdam - Apeldoorn - Osnabrück motorway and on the railway between Apeldoorn and Deventer . A small train station was opened on this line on December 10, 2006, where a train stops twice an hour during the “peak hours” 7: 30–9: 30 am and 4–6 pm. Many commuters live here who work in Apeldoorn or Deventer. The meat industry, which was very influential until 2001, is no longer located. There is a small airfield in Teuge, a little west of Twello.
The village of Voorst lies between Apeldoorn and Zutphen . A little south of Voorst, near Empe (partly in the municipality of Brummen ), there has also been a train stop on the Apeldoorn – Zutphen line since December 10, 2006.
There is a psychiatric clinic in Wilp.
politics
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
The municipal council has been formed as follows since 2006:
Political party | Seats | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | |
Gemeente Belangen Voorst | 3 | 4th | 7th | 9 |
VVD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4th |
Liberaal 2000 | 4th | 3 | 2 | |
CDA | 4th | 5 | 4th | 2 |
PvdA | 6th | 4th | 2 | 2 |
GroenLinks | ||||
D66 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Lijst-A. Jansen | - | - | - | 1 |
ChristenUnie | 0 | 0 | - | - |
SGP | 0 | 0 | ||
total | 19th | 19th | 19th | 19th |
mayor
Jos Penninx ( PvdA ) has been the acting mayor of the municipality since December 20, 2006 . His college is (concerns Voorst Gemeente) Harjo Pinkster (from the Assistant Secretary Hans van der Sleen CDA ), Wim Vrijhoef ( D66 ), Arjen Lagerweij (Gemeente Voorst matters) and the municipal secretary Eric van Leeuwen.
Attractions
From teuge airport one can skydiving learn. There is a local recreation area with a small lake (Bussloo) near Wilp. All the villages mentioned, with the exception of Teuge, have a village church that is at least 500 years old. That of Wilp (the ancient place name should of hwil- apa , source and water come) is even already 768 or 769 by the British missionary Lebuin have been built; from there he began his missionary work in Deventer ; the Wilper church was burned down and rebuilt several times in the Middle Ages .
There are many small, mostly still inhabited country estates in the community. The associated parks are mostly freely accessible to walkers.
photos
Daughters and sons of the church
- Hendrik Valkenburg (1826–1896), genre painter and art teacher
- Bernard Abraham van Groningen (1894–1987), Graecist and papyrologist
- Gert Bongers (* 1946), cyclist and world champion
- Henk Lubberding (* 1953), racing cyclist
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
- ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on July 22, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on July 22, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ 'Penninx wordt goede burgemeester'. In: de Stentor . Wegener, December 18, 2006, accessed July 22, 2018 (Dutch).
- ^ College van Burgemeester en Wethouders Gemeente Voorst, accessed on July 22, 2018 (Dutch)