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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Inhabitants_by_origin" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Inhabitants_by_origin"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Inhabitants by origin</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Inhabitants_by_origin-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Transport</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transport-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Transport subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Bus" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bus"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Bus</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bus-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rail" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rail"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Rail</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rail-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Road" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Road"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Road</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Road-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Water" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Water"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Water</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Water-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Local_government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Local_government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Local government</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Local_government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" 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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA" title="آمرسفورت – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="آمرسفورت" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82" title="Амерсфарт – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Амерсфарт" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82" title="Амэрсфоорт – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Амэрсфоорт" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82" title="Амерсфорт – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Амерсфорт" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeente_Amersfoort" title="Gemeente Amersfoort – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Gemeente Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%83%CF%86%CE%BF%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%84" title="Άμερσφοορτ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Άμερσφοορτ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA" title="آمرسفورت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آمرسفورت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoart" title="Amersfoart – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Amersfoart" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%A9%94%EB%A5%B4%EC%8A%A4%ED%8F%AC%EB%A5%B4%ED%8A%B8" title="아메르스포르트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아메르스포르트" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B4%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BD%D6%86%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%BF" title="Ամերսֆորտ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ամերսֆորտ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82" title="Амерсфорт – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Амерсфорт" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98" title="אמרספורט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אמרספורט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="ამერსფორტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ამერსფორტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82" title="Амерсфорт – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Амерсфорт" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersforta" title="Amersforta – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Amersforta" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfortas" title="Amersfortas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Amersfortas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82" title="Амерсфорт – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Амерсфорт" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3" title="آمرس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="آمرس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88" title="アメルスフォールト – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アメルスフォールト" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%B9" title="امرزفورٹ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="امرزفورٹ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82" title="Амерсфорт – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Амерсфорт" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort_(mesto_v_Holandsku)" title="Amersfoort (mesto v Holandsku) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Amersfoort (mesto v Holandsku)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82" title="Амерсфорт – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Амерсфорт" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82" title="Амерсфорт – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Амерсфорт" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%95" title="อาเมอร์สโฟร์ต – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="อาเมอร์สโฟร์ต" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82" title="Амерсфорт – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Амерсфорт" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Amersfoort" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Netherlands_relief_location_map.svg/250px-Netherlands_relief_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="282" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Netherlands_relief_location_map.svg/375px-Netherlands_relief_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Netherlands_relief_location_map.svg/500px-Netherlands_relief_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="888" data-file-height="1001" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:50%;left:51.886%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Amersfoort"><img alt="Amersfoort" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Europe_relief_laea_location_map.jpg/250px-Europe_relief_laea_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Europe_relief_laea_location_map.jpg/375px-Europe_relief_laea_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Europe_relief_laea_location_map.jpg/500px-Europe_relief_laea_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1580" data-file-height="1351" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:54.467%;left:29.887%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Amersfoort"><img alt="Amersfoort" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Amersfoort&params=52_9_N_5_23_E_region:NL_type:city(157462)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°9′N</span> <span class="longitude">5°23′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.150°N 5.383°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.150; 5.383</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Netherlands" title="Provinces of the Netherlands">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Utrecht_(province)" title="Utrecht (province)">Utrecht</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/City_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="City rights">City rights</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1259</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-mayor_now_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mayor_now-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_council_(Netherlands)" title="Municipal council (Netherlands)">Municipal council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Burgemeester" class="mw-redirect" title="Burgemeester">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Bolsius" title="Lucas Bolsius">Lucas Bolsius</a> (<a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Appeal" title="Christian Democratic Appeal">CDA</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Municipality</div></th><td class="infobox-data">63.86 km<sup>2</sup> (24.66 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">62.62 km<sup>2</sup> (24.18 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">1.24 km<sup>2</sup> (0.48 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-AHN_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AHN-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">3 m (10 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(Municipality, January 2021; Urban and Metro, May 2014)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Municipality</div></th><td class="infobox-data">157,462</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,515/km<sup>2</sup> (6,510/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">180,539</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">287,110</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Amersfoorter(s)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_the_Netherlands" title="Postal codes in the Netherlands">Postcode</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">3800–3829</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_Netherlands" title="Telephone numbers in the Netherlands">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">033</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amersfoort.nl">www<wbr />.amersfoort<wbr />.nl</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="5" data-overlays="["_98e37e668a1dc22fdb48bedf7dafd36fccc8a185"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,5,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Amersfoort&revid=1256514322&groups=_98e37e668a1dc22fdb48bedf7dafd36fccc8a185" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,5,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Amersfoort&revid=1256514322&groups=_98e37e668a1dc22fdb48bedf7dafd36fccc8a185 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below">Click on the map for a fullscreen view</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Amersfoort</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Dutch pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="nl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Dutch" title="Help:IPA/Dutch">[ˈaːmərsfoːrt]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/4\/4e\/Nl-Amersfoort.ogg\/Nl-Amersfoort.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Nl-Amersfoort.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4e/Nl-Amersfoort.ogg/Nl-Amersfoort.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Nl-Amersfoort.ogg" title="File:Nl-Amersfoort.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Cities of the Netherlands">city</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="List of municipalities of the Netherlands">municipality</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Netherlands" title="Provinces of the Netherlands">province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Utrecht_(province)" title="Utrecht (province)">Utrecht</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>. As of 31 January 2023, the municipality had a population of 160,902, making it the second-largest of the province and fifteenth-largest of the country. Amersfoort is also one of the largest Dutch railway junctions with its three stations—<a href="/wiki/Amersfoort_Centraal_railway_station" title="Amersfoort Centraal railway station">Amersfoort Centraal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amersfoort_Schothorst_railway_station" title="Amersfoort Schothorst railway station">Schothorst</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amersfoort_Vathorst_railway_station" title="Amersfoort Vathorst railway station">Vathorst</a>—due to its location on two of the Netherlands' main east to west and north to south railway lines. The city was used during the <a href="/wiki/1928_Summer_Olympics" title="1928 Summer Olympics">1928 Summer Olympics</a> as a venue for the <a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics">modern pentathlon</a> events. Amersfoort marked its 750th anniversary as a city in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Hunter-gatherer" title="Hunter-gatherer">Hunter gatherers</a> set up camps in the Amersfoort region in the <a href="/wiki/Mesolithic" title="Mesolithic">Mesolithic</a> period. Archaeologists have found traces of these camps, such as the remains of hearths, and sometimes microlithic flint objects, to the north of the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Antiquity">Antiquity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Antiquity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Koppelpoort_Amersfoort_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Koppelpoort_Amersfoort_2008.jpg/220px-Koppelpoort_Amersfoort_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Koppelpoort_Amersfoort_2008.jpg/330px-Koppelpoort_Amersfoort_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Koppelpoort_Amersfoort_2008.jpg/440px-Koppelpoort_Amersfoort_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3879" data-file-height="2577" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Koppelpoort" title="Koppelpoort">Koppelpoort</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amersfoort,_de_Monnikendam_RM8053_positie1_2012-12-08_11.14.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Amersfoort%2C_de_Monnikendam_RM8053_positie1_2012-12-08_11.14.jpg/220px-Amersfoort%2C_de_Monnikendam_RM8053_positie1_2012-12-08_11.14.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Amersfoort%2C_de_Monnikendam_RM8053_positie1_2012-12-08_11.14.jpg/330px-Amersfoort%2C_de_Monnikendam_RM8053_positie1_2012-12-08_11.14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Amersfoort%2C_de_Monnikendam_RM8053_positie1_2012-12-08_11.14.jpg/440px-Amersfoort%2C_de_Monnikendam_RM8053_positie1_2012-12-08_11.14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4416" data-file-height="3312" /></a><figcaption>Monnikendam</figcaption></figure> <p>Remains of settlements dating to 1000 BC have been found in the Amersfoort area. The name Amersfoort, after a <a href="/wiki/Ford_(river)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford (river)">ford</a> in the Amer River, today called the <a href="/wiki/Eem" title="Eem">Eem</a>, first appeared in the 11th century. The city grew around what is now the <i>Hof</i>, where the <a href="/wiki/Prince-Bishopric_of_Utrecht" title="Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht">Bishops of Utrecht</a> established a court in order to control the "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Gelderse_Vallei&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gelderse Vallei (page does not exist)">Gelderse Vallei</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelderse_Vallei" class="extiw" title="nl:Gelderse Vallei">nl</a>]</span>" area. It was granted city rights in 1259 by the bishop of Utrecht, <a href="/wiki/Henry_I_van_Vianden" title="Henry I van Vianden">Henry I van Vianden</a>. A first defensive wall, made of brick, was completed around 1300 but expansion led to the construction of a new wall in 1380, which was completed around 1450. The <a href="/wiki/Koppelpoort" title="Koppelpoort">Koppelpoort</a>, a combined land and water gate, is part of this second wall. The first wall was demolished and houses were built in its place. Today's <i>Muurhuizen</i> (wallhouses) Street is located where the first wall stood. </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Onze_Lieve_Vrouwetoren" title="Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren">Onze-Lieve-Vrouwentoren</a></i> (Tower of <a href="/wiki/Blessed_Virgin_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Blessed Virgin Mary">Our Lady</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is one of the tallest medieval church towers in the Netherlands at 98 metres (322 ft). When it was built, it was the middle point of The Netherlands,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was exactly built in the center and a reference for the Dutch grid system. The nickname of the tower is Lange Jan ('Long John').<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The construction of the tower and the church was started in 1444. The church was destroyed by an explosion in 1787, but the tower survived, and the layout of the church still can be discerned today through the use of different types of stone in the pavement of the open space that was created. It is now the reference point of the <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_Netherlands" title="Geography of the Netherlands">RD coordinate system</a>, the coordinate grid used by the Dutch topographical service: the RD coordinates are (155.000, 463.000). </p><p>The inner city of Amersfoort has been preserved well since the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>. Apart from the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwetoren, the <a href="/wiki/Koppelpoort" title="Koppelpoort">Koppelpoort</a>, and the <i>Muurhuizen</i> (Wall-houses), there is also the Sint-Joriskerk (Saint George's church), the canal-system with its bridges, as well as medieval and other old buildings; many are designated as national monuments. In the Middle Ages, Amersfoort was an important centre for the textile industry, and there were a large number of breweries. <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a> also lived in Amersfoort in the Middle Ages, before being expelled from the province in 1546 and beginning to return to the city in 1655.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origin_of_the_Keistad">Origin of the <i>Keistad</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Origin of the Keistad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amersfoort,_de_Amersfoortse_Kei_foto6_2012-12-08_10.47.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Amersfoort%2C_de_Amersfoortse_Kei_foto6_2012-12-08_10.47.jpg/220px-Amersfoort%2C_de_Amersfoortse_Kei_foto6_2012-12-08_10.47.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Amersfoort%2C_de_Amersfoortse_Kei_foto6_2012-12-08_10.47.jpg/330px-Amersfoort%2C_de_Amersfoortse_Kei_foto6_2012-12-08_10.47.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Amersfoort%2C_de_Amersfoortse_Kei_foto6_2012-12-08_10.47.jpg/440px-Amersfoort%2C_de_Amersfoortse_Kei_foto6_2012-12-08_10.47.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4416" data-file-height="3312" /></a><figcaption><i>Amersfoortse Kei</i></figcaption></figure> <p>The nickname for Amersfoort, <i>Keistad</i> (boulder-city), originates in the <i>Amersfoortse Kei</i>, a 9-<a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">tonne</a> (19,842 <a href="/wiki/Pound_(mass)" title="Pound (mass)">lb</a>) <a href="/wiki/Boulder" title="Boulder">boulder</a> that was dragged from the <a href="/wiki/Soest,_Netherlands" title="Soest, Netherlands">Soest</a> moors into the city in 1661 by 400 people because of a bet between two landowners. The people got their reward when the winner bought everyone <a href="/wiki/Beer" title="Beer">beer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pretzels" class="mw-redirect" title="Pretzels">pretzels</a>. Other nearby towns then nicknamed the people of Amersfoort <i>Keientrekker</i> (boulder-puller). This story embarrassed the inhabitants, and they buried the boulder in the city in 1672, but after it was found again in 1903 it was placed in a prominent spot as a monument. There are not many boulders in the Netherlands, so it can be regarded as an icon. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nieuw_Amersfoort">Nieuw Amersfoort</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Nieuw Amersfoort"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RM8067_Westsingel_49_ab.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/RM8067_Westsingel_49_ab.jpg/220px-RM8067_Westsingel_49_ab.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/RM8067_Westsingel_49_ab.jpg/330px-RM8067_Westsingel_49_ab.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/RM8067_Westsingel_49_ab.jpg/440px-RM8067_Westsingel_49_ab.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption>The historic <a href="/wiki/Brasserie" title="Brasserie">brasserie</a> of Amersfoort, now a <a href="/wiki/Rijksmonument" title="Rijksmonument">Rijksmonument</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Netherlands,_Amersfoort,_map_of_1865.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Netherlands%2C_Amersfoort%2C_map_of_1865.JPG/220px-Netherlands%2C_Amersfoort%2C_map_of_1865.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Netherlands%2C_Amersfoort%2C_map_of_1865.JPG/330px-Netherlands%2C_Amersfoort%2C_map_of_1865.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Netherlands%2C_Amersfoort%2C_map_of_1865.JPG/440px-Netherlands%2C_Amersfoort%2C_map_of_1865.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2369" data-file-height="1951" /></a><figcaption>Amersfoort in 1865</figcaption></figure> <p>One of the six Dutch towns established in the 17th century in what is now <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a> was called "Nieuw Amersfoort" (New Amersfoort). The original patentees were <a href="/wiki/Wolfert_Gerritse_van_Couwenhoven" title="Wolfert Gerritse van Couwenhoven">Wolfert Gerritse van Kouwenhoven</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andries_Hudde" title="Andries Hudde">Andries Hudde</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike other Dutch names which were retained up to the present, Nieuw Amersfoort is now called "<a href="/wiki/Flatlands,_Brooklyn" title="Flatlands, Brooklyn">Flatlands</a>". </p><p>In the 18th century, the city flourished because of the cultivation of <a href="/wiki/Tobacco" title="Tobacco">tobacco</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but from about 1800 onwards began to decline. </p><p>The decline was halted by the establishment of the first railway connection in 1863, and some years later, by the building of a substantial number of infantry and cavalry barracks, which were needed to defend the western cities of the Netherlands. </p><p>After the 1920s, growth stalled again; in 1970, the national government designated Amersfoort, then numbering some 70,000 inhabitants, as a "growth city". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_World_War">First World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the First World War, the area of Amersfoort with nearby <a href="/wiki/Soesterberg" title="Soesterberg">Soesterberg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zeist" title="Zeist">Zeist</a> was one of the places in The Netherlands where many refugees from Belgium were sheltered. The "Belgenmonument", located in the vicinity of the former refugee camp Elisabethdorp, commemorates this period and the hardships of the Belgian refugees. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amersfoort-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Amersfoort-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg/220px-Amersfoort-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Amersfoort-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg/330px-Amersfoort-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Amersfoort-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg/440px-Amersfoort-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2538" data-file-height="3053" /></a><figcaption>Topographic map of Amersfoort, 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>Since Amersfoort was the largest garrison town in the Netherlands before the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>, with eight barracks, and part of the <a href="/wiki/Grebbe_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Grebbe line">main line of defence</a>, the whole population of then 43,000 was evacuated at the start of the invasion by the Germans in May 1940. After four days of battle, the population was allowed to return. </p><p>There was a functioning Jewish community in the town, at the beginning of the war numbering about 700 people. Half of them were deported and killed, mainly in <a href="/wiki/Auschwitz" class="mw-redirect" title="Auschwitz">Auschwitz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sobibor_extermination_camp" title="Sobibor extermination camp">Sobibor</a>. In 1943, the <a href="/wiki/Synagogue" title="Synagogue">synagogue</a>, dating from 1727, was severely damaged on the orders of the then Nazi-controlled city government. It was restored and opened again after the war, and has been served since by a succession of <a href="/wiki/Rabbi" title="Rabbi">rabbis</a>. </p><p>There was a <a href="/wiki/Nazism" title="Nazism">Nazi</a> <a href="/wiki/Concentration_camp" title="Concentration camp">concentration camp</a> near the city of Amersfoort during the war. The camp, officially called <i>Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort</i> (Police Transit Camp Amersfoort), better known as <i><a href="/wiki/Kamp_Amersfoort" title="Kamp Amersfoort">Kamp Amersfoort</a></i>, was actually located in the neighbouring municipality of <a href="/wiki/Leusden" title="Leusden">Leusden</a>. </p><p>After the war the leader of the camp, Joseph Kotälla, served a life sentence in prison. He died in captivity in 1979. Some of the victims of the camp are buried in <a href="/wiki/Rusthof_cemetery" title="Rusthof cemetery">Rusthof cemetery</a> near the town. </p><p>Among the victims were prisoners of war from the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, including 101 Central Asians, mostly <a href="/wiki/Uzbeks" title="Uzbeks">Uzbeks</a>. Locals would commemorate them, but the identity of the 101 soldiers was not known, until journalist Remco Reiding started investigating this case in 1999, after hearing about the cemetery. Amongst the few remaining people who witnessed the 101 soldiers is Henk Broekhuizen.<sup id="cite_ref-Soldat_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Soldat-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC2017CentralAsians_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC2017CentralAsians-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Amersfoort has a historic centre, surrounded by ramparts, and home to dozens of monuments, like </p> <ul><li>the <a href="/wiki/Onze_Lieve_Vrouwetoren" title="Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren">Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren</a> (English: Tower of Our Lady);</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Koppelpoort" title="Koppelpoort">Koppelpoort</a> (a medieval gate)</li></ul> <p>Other culturally important buildings are: </p> <ul><li>Municipal Library in <a href="/wiki/Culture_House_Eemhuis" title="Culture House Eemhuis">Culture House Eemhuis</a></li> <li>the building of the <a href="/wiki/Rijksdienst_voor_het_Cultureel_Erfgoed" title="Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed">Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed</a> (Cultural Heritage Agency)</li> <li>*<a href="/wiki/De_WAR,_Amersfoort,_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="De WAR, Amersfoort, the Netherlands">De WAR</a>, a space for artists and innovators</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums">Museums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lieve_Vrouwekerkhof,_3811_Amersfoort,_Netherlands_-_panoramio_(12).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Lieve_Vrouwekerkhof%2C_3811_Amersfoort%2C_Netherlands_-_panoramio_%2812%29.jpg/220px-Lieve_Vrouwekerkhof%2C_3811_Amersfoort%2C_Netherlands_-_panoramio_%2812%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Lieve_Vrouwekerkhof%2C_3811_Amersfoort%2C_Netherlands_-_panoramio_%2812%29.jpg/330px-Lieve_Vrouwekerkhof%2C_3811_Amersfoort%2C_Netherlands_-_panoramio_%2812%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Lieve_Vrouwekerkhof%2C_3811_Amersfoort%2C_Netherlands_-_panoramio_%2812%29.jpg/440px-Lieve_Vrouwekerkhof%2C_3811_Amersfoort%2C_Netherlands_-_panoramio_%2812%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1375" /></a><figcaption>Amersfoort city centre</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20140513Eemhuis43rx.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/20140513Eemhuis43rx.JPG/220px-20140513Eemhuis43rx.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/20140513Eemhuis43rx.JPG/330px-20140513Eemhuis43rx.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/20140513Eemhuis43rx.JPG/440px-20140513Eemhuis43rx.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2627" data-file-height="1970" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Culture_House_Eemhuis" title="Culture House Eemhuis">Culture House Eemhuis</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amersfoort,_stier_op_het_verkeersplein_bij_het_Kamp_foto10_2012-12-08_11.43.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Amersfoort%2C_stier_op_het_verkeersplein_bij_het_Kamp_foto10_2012-12-08_11.43.jpg/220px-Amersfoort%2C_stier_op_het_verkeersplein_bij_het_Kamp_foto10_2012-12-08_11.43.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Amersfoort%2C_stier_op_het_verkeersplein_bij_het_Kamp_foto10_2012-12-08_11.43.jpg/330px-Amersfoort%2C_stier_op_het_verkeersplein_bij_het_Kamp_foto10_2012-12-08_11.43.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Amersfoort%2C_stier_op_het_verkeersplein_bij_het_Kamp_foto10_2012-12-08_11.43.jpg/440px-Amersfoort%2C_stier_op_het_verkeersplein_bij_het_Kamp_foto10_2012-12-08_11.43.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4416" data-file-height="3312" /></a><figcaption>'The Bull'</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Mondriaan_House" class="mw-redirect" title="The Mondriaan House">The Mondriaan House</a>: birthplace of the painter <a href="/wiki/Piet_Mondriaan" class="mw-redirect" title="Piet Mondriaan">Piet Mondriaan</a>. Exhibits a lifesize reconstruction of his workshop in Paris. Some temporary shows and work by artists inspired by the painter.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flehite" title="Flehite">Flehite</a>: historic, educational and temporary exhibitions behind a splendid facade. The museum closed in 2007 due to asbestos contamination. It was refurbished and reopened in May 2009.</li> <li>Zonnehof: small elegant modernist building designed by Gerrit Rietveld on an eponymous square just south of the centre with temporary exhibitions of mostly contemporary art. (closed)</li> <li>Armando Museum: work by the painter <a href="/wiki/Armando_(artist)" title="Armando (artist)">Armando</a> who lived in Amersfoort as a child in a renovated church building. Most of the church and the art on exhibition was destroyed in a fire on 22 October 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Cavalry_Museum" title="Dutch Cavalry Museum">Dutch Cavalry Museum</a>: museum in 475 years old barracks. Most other military museums in the Netherlands got absorbed into the National Military Museum (<i>Nationaal Militair Museum</i>), but the cavalry museum has stood strong. It shows Dutch cavalry and tanks.</li> <li>Culinary Museum (was closed in 2006).</li> <li>Kunsthal KAdE:<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a modern art exhibition hall.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Amersfoort had its own professional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football (soccer)</a> club named HVC Amersfoort. It was founded on 30 July 1973, but disbanded on 30 June 1982 because of financial problems. The city also hosted the riding part of the <a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics">modern pentathlon</a> event for the <a href="/wiki/1928_Summer_Olympics" title="1928 Summer Olympics">1928 Summer Olympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amersfoort also hosted the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Open_(tennis)" title="Dutch Open (tennis)">Dutch Open (tennis)</a> tournament from 2002 until its end in 2008. </p><p>The city is also home to the baseball and softball club <a href="/wiki/Quick_Amersfoort" title="Quick Amersfoort">Quick Amersfoort</a>. The club's top men's baseball team plays in the <a href="/wiki/Honkbal_Hoofdklasse" title="Honkbal Hoofdklasse">Honkbal Hoofdklasse</a>, the highest level of Dutch baseball. </p><p>It is the hometown of field and track athlete <a href="/wiki/Femke_Bol" title="Femke Bol">Femke Bol</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Landmarks">Landmarks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Landmarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/DierenPark_Amersfoort" title="DierenPark Amersfoort">DierenPark Amersfoort</a></i> zoo was founded in 1948. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2020, Amersfoort had a total population of 157,276 people.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inhabitants_by_origin">Inhabitants by origin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Inhabitants by origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>2020<sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Numbers </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <th>Dutch natives </th> <td>117,863 </td> <td>74.9% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Western migration background </th> <td>14,019 </td> <td>8.91% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Non-Western migration background </th> <td>25,394 </td> <td>16.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> </td> <td>6,299 </td> <td>4% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> </td> <td>5,161 </td> <td>3.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> </td> <td>4,592 </td> <td>2.91% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles" title="Netherlands Antilles">Netherlands Antilles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a> </td> <td>1,819 </td> <td>1.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a> </td> <td>1,747 </td> <td>1.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total </td> <td>157,276 </td> <td>100% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bus">Bus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Bus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bus services are provided by 2 firms: U-OV and Syntus. Syntus provides services in town and the entirety of the province Utrecht, save for the bus to the city Utrecht, which is provided by U-OV. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hoofdingang-Station-Amersfoort.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Hoofdingang-Station-Amersfoort.JPG/220px-Hoofdingang-Station-Amersfoort.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Hoofdingang-Station-Amersfoort.JPG/330px-Hoofdingang-Station-Amersfoort.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Hoofdingang-Station-Amersfoort.JPG/440px-Hoofdingang-Station-Amersfoort.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Amersfoort_Centraal_railway_station" title="Amersfoort Centraal railway station">Amersfoort Centraal railway station</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Amersfoort has three railway stations: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amersfoort_Centraal_railway_station" title="Amersfoort Centraal railway station">Amersfoort Centraal</a>, the main station, located on the western edge of the city at the crossing of the <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam%E2%80%93Zutphen_railway" title="Amsterdam–Zutphen railway">Amsterdam–Zutphen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Utrecht%E2%80%93Kampen_railway" title="Utrecht–Kampen railway">Utrecht–Kampen</a> railways</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amersfoort_Schothorst_railway_station" title="Amersfoort Schothorst railway station">Amersfoort Schothorst</a>, located northeast of the city centre on the Utrecht–Kampen railway</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amersfoort_Vathorst_railway_station" title="Amersfoort Vathorst railway station">Amersfoort Vathorst</a>, located in the extreme northeast of the city on the Utrecht–Kampen railway</li></ul> <p>All three serve direct trains to <a href="/wiki/Utrecht_Centraal_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Utrecht Centraal railway station">Utrecht Centraal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zwolle_railway_station" title="Zwolle railway station">Zwolle</a>. Amersfoort Centraal and Amersfoort Schothorst also have direct service to <a href="/wiki/Den_Haag_Centraal_railway_station" title="Den Haag Centraal railway station">Den Haag Centraal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam_Centraal_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Amsterdam Centraal railway station">Amsterdam Centraal</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam_Zuid_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Amsterdam Zuid railway station">Amsterdam Zuid</a>. Amersfoort Centraal further serves direct trains to <a href="/wiki/Enschede_railway_station" title="Enschede railway station">Enschede</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rotterdam_Centraal_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Rotterdam Centraal railway station">Rotterdam Centraal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schiphol_Airport_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Schiphol Airport railway station">Schiphol Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leeuwarden_railway_station" title="Leeuwarden railway station">Leeuwarden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Groningen_railway_station" title="Groningen railway station">Groningen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ede-Wageningen_railway_station" title="Ede-Wageningen railway station">Ede–Wageningen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Hauptbahnhof" title="Berlin Hauptbahnhof">Berlin Hauptbahnhof</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two major motorways pass Amersfoort: </p> <ul><li>along the north, the <a href="/wiki/A1_motorway_(Netherlands)" title="A1 motorway (Netherlands)">A1 motorway</a> (Amsterdam–<a href="/wiki/Apeldoorn" title="Apeldoorn">Apeldoorn</a>)</li> <li>along the east, the <a href="/wiki/A28_motorway_(Netherlands)" title="A28 motorway (Netherlands)">A28 motorway</a> (Utrecht–Groningen)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water">Water</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Water"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The river <a href="/wiki/Eem" title="Eem">Eem</a> (pronounced roughly "aim") begins in Amersfoort, and the town has a port for inland water transport. The Eem connects to the nearby <i><a href="/wiki/Eemmeer" title="Eemmeer">Eemmeer</a></i> (Lake Eem). The Valleikanaal drains the eastern <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gelderse_Vallei&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gelderse Vallei (page does not exist)">Gelderse Vallei</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelderse_Vallei" class="extiw" title="nl:Gelderse Vallei">nl</a>]</span> and joins with other sources to form the Eem in Amersfoort. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_government">Local government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Municipal_council_(Netherlands)" title="Municipal council (Netherlands)">municipal council</a> of Amersfoort consists of 39 seats. The municipal council elections are held every 4 years. As of 2022, the seats are divided as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D%2766" class="mw-redirect" title="D'66">D66</a> – 6 seats (5 seats in 2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/GroenLinks" title="GroenLinks">GroenLinks</a> – 6 seats (6 seats in 2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Appeal" title="Christian Democratic Appeal">CDA</a> – 5 seats (6 seats in 2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ChristenUnie" class="mw-redirect" title="ChristenUnie">ChristenUnie</a> – 4 seats (4 seats in 2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_for_Freedom_and_Democracy" title="People's Party for Freedom and Democracy">VVD</a> – 4 seats (6 seats in 2018)</li> <li>Amersfoort2014 – 4 seats (3 in 2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Netherlands)" title="Labour Party (Netherlands)">PvdA</a> – 2 seats (2 seats in 2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Party_for_the_Animals" title="Party for the Animals">Partij voor de Dieren</a> – 2 seats (not represented in 2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Netherlands)" title="Socialist Party (Netherlands)">SP</a> – 2 seats (3 seats in 2018)</li> <li>Beter Amersfoort - 1 seat (not represented in 2018)</li> <li>Burger Partij Amersfoort – 1 seat (2 seats in 2018)</li> <li>Amersfoort voor Vrijheid - 1 seat (not represented in 2018)</li> <li>Denk – 1 seat (1 seat in 2018)</li></ul> <p>The city has a <a href="/wiki/Trial_court" title="Trial court">court of first instance</a> (<i>kantongerecht</i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amersfoort_Altstadt_13.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Amersfoort_Altstadt_13.jpg/220px-Amersfoort_Altstadt_13.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Amersfoort_Altstadt_13.jpg/330px-Amersfoort_Altstadt_13.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Amersfoort_Altstadt_13.jpg/440px-Amersfoort_Altstadt_13.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4564" data-file-height="3213" /></a><figcaption>Canal, city centre</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amersfoort_Altstadt_09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Amersfoort_Altstadt_09.jpg/220px-Amersfoort_Altstadt_09.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Amersfoort_Altstadt_09.jpg/330px-Amersfoort_Altstadt_09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Amersfoort_Altstadt_09.jpg/440px-Amersfoort_Altstadt_09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3662" data-file-height="2395" /></a><figcaption>Street with shops</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amersfoort_Havik_3.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Amersfoort_Havik_3.JPG/220px-Amersfoort_Havik_3.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Amersfoort_Havik_3.JPG/330px-Amersfoort_Havik_3.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Amersfoort_Havik_3.JPG/440px-Amersfoort_Havik_3.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Havik</figcaption></figure> <p>The city is a main location for several international companies: </p> <ul><li>Royal <a href="/wiki/VolkerWessels" title="VolkerWessels">VolkerWessels</a> Stevin N.V., a major European construction-services business.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FrieslandCampina" title="FrieslandCampina">FrieslandCampina</a>, a Dutch dairy cooperative.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_HaskoningDHV" title="Royal HaskoningDHV">Royal HaskoningDHV</a>, consultants and engineers.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Tulip_Hospitality_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Tulip Hospitality Group">Golden Tulip Hospitality Group</a>, international hotel chain Golden Tulip Hotels, Inns and Resorts.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nutreco" title="Nutreco">Nutreco</a>, animal feed and human foodstuffs</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokogawa_Electric" title="Yokogawa Electric">Yokogawa Electric</a>, an electrical engineering and software company, the European headquarters for which are located in Amersfoort</li></ul> <p>It also has a number of <a href="/wiki/Non-governmental_organization" title="Non-governmental organization">non-governmental organizations</a> and foundations: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Union_(Netherlands)" title="Christian Union (Netherlands)">Christian Union</a>, a Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oikocredit" title="Oikocredit">Oikocredit</a>, headquarters of global cooperative society, financing economic development focused on poverty alleviation.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Netherlands)" title="Socialist Party (Netherlands)">Socialist Party</a>, a left-wing social-democratic political party in The Netherlands.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Lawn_Tennis_Association" title="Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association">KNLTB</a>, the Dutch national <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">lawn-tennis</a> association.</li> <li>Vereniging Eigen Huis, the largest home-owners association in the Netherlands; with 700,000 members, it is also the largest in the world</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_residents">Notable residents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notable residents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Amersfoort" title="Category:People from Amersfoort">People from Amersfoort</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Piet_Mondriaan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Piet_Mondriaan.jpg/140px-Piet_Mondriaan.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Piet_Mondriaan.jpg/210px-Piet_Mondriaan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Piet_Mondriaan.jpg/280px-Piet_Mondriaan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="826" /></a><figcaption>Piet Mondriaan, 1899</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paulus_Buys" title="Paulus Buys">Paulus Buys</a> (1531–1594) – <a href="/wiki/Grand_Pensionary" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Pensionary">Grand Pensionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johan_van_Oldenbarnevelt" title="Johan van Oldenbarnevelt">Johan van Oldenbarnevelt</a> (1547–1619) – statesman.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piet_Mondriaan" class="mw-redirect" title="Piet Mondriaan">Piet Mondriaan</a> (1872–1944) – painter, pioneer of 20th century <a href="/wiki/Abstract_art" title="Abstract art">abstract art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirk_Fok_van_Slooten" title="Dirk Fok van Slooten">Dirk Fok van Slooten</a> (1891–1953) – botanist<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willem_Sandberg" title="Willem Sandberg">Willem Sandberg</a> (1897–1984) – graphic designer, <a href="/wiki/Stedelijk_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Stedelijk Museum">Stedelijk Museum</a> director</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_van_Hulst" title="Jan van Hulst">Jan van Hulst</a> (1903-1975) – recognised as <a href="/wiki/Righteous_Among_the_Nations" title="Righteous Among the Nations">Righteous Among the Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johannes_Heesters" title="Johannes Heesters">Johannes Heesters</a> (1903–2011) – actor and singer <sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Pon_(senior)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ben Pon (senior)">Ben Pon (senior)</a> (1904–1968) – car importer and developer of the <a href="/wiki/Volkswagen_Type_2" title="Volkswagen Type 2">Volkswagen Type 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Kaisiepo" class="mw-redirect" title="Victor Kaisiepo">Victor Kaisiepo</a> (1948–2010) – advocate for <a href="/wiki/West_Papua_(region)" class="mw-redirect" title="West Papua (region)">West Papuan</a> self-determination.<sup id="cite_ref-rn_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rn-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Cobben" title="Paul Cobben">Paul Cobben</a> (born 1951) – philosopher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gino_Vannelli" title="Gino Vannelli">Gino Vannelli</a> (born 1952) – Canadian singer, songwriter, musician and composer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolein_Smit" title="Carolein Smit">Carolein Smit</a> (born 1960) – Dutch <a href="/wiki/Ceramic_art" title="Ceramic art">ceramic art</a> sculptor</li> <li>Father <a href="/wiki/Roderick_Vonh%C3%B6gen" title="Roderick Vonhögen">Roderick Vonhögen</a> (born 1968) – television host and podcaster</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaudzun" title="Blaudzun">Blaudzun</a> (born 1974) – singer and filmmaker, stage name of Johannes Sigmond<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Walters" title="Jason Walters">Jason Walters</a> (born 1985) - sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges related to <a href="/wiki/Islamic_terrorism" title="Islamic terrorism">Islamic terrorism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Wiedenheft" title="Sarah Wiedenheft">Sarah Wiedenheft</a> (born 1993) – anime dubbing actress <sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Sport</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Pon" title="Ben Pon">Ben Pon</a> (1936-2019) – sports car racing driver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loet_Geutjes" title="Loet Geutjes">Loet Geutjes</a> (born 1943) – water polo player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feike_de_Vries" title="Feike de Vries">Feike de Vries</a> (born 1943) – water polo player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ton_van_Heugten" title="Ton van Heugten">Ton van Heugten</a> (1945–2008) – former sidecarcross world champion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anke_Rijnders" title="Anke Rijnders">Anke Rijnders</a> (born 1956) – swimmer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Drost" title="Frank Drost">Frank Drost</a> (born 1963) – swimmer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joop_Kasteel" title="Joop Kasteel">Joop Kasteel</a> (born 1964) – Professional Fighter and Bodybuilder</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Wagenaar_(waterpolo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jan Wagenaar (waterpolo)">Jan Wagenaar</a> (born 1965) – water polo player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_van_den_Brom" title="John van den Brom">John van den Brom</a> (born 1966) – a former professional footballer and manager</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arie_van_de_Bunt" title="Arie van de Bunt">Arie van de Bunt</a> (born 1969) – water polo goalkeeper</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valentijn_Overeem" title="Valentijn Overeem">Valentijn Overeem</a> (born 1976) – mixed martial artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Overeem" title="Alistair Overeem">Alistair Overeem</a> (born 1980) – mixed martial artist & kickboxer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marco_van_Ginkel" title="Marco van Ginkel">Marco van Ginkel</a> (born 1992) – Dutch football player for <a href="/wiki/AC_Milan" title="AC Milan">Milan</a> & the <a 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Retrieved 15 September 2024.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Russian word for the tobacco <i><a href="/wiki/Nicotiana_rustica" title="Nicotiana rustica">Nicotiana rustica</a></i>, махорка (makhorka), may bear an etymological debt to this city. See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/vasmer/43178/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0">dictionary of Max Vasmer.</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amersfoort&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Fontainebleau">Fontainebleau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Le_Stand_de_Tir_de_Versailles" title="Le Stand de Tir de Versailles">Le Stand de Tir de Versailles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piscine_des_Tourelles" title="Piscine des Tourelles">Piscine des Tourelles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stade_Yves-du-Manoir" title="Stade Yves-du-Manoir">Stade Yves-du-Manoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics">1928</a>: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Amersfoort</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hilversum" title="Hilversum">Hilversum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Sports_Park_Swim_Stadium" title="Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium">Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schermzaal" title="Schermzaal">Schermzaal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zeeburg" title="Zeeburg">Zeeburg Shooting Grounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_1932_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 1932 Summer Olympics">1932</a>: <a 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Argue Swim Stadium">Swimming Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics">1936</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dallgow-D%C3%B6beritz" title="Dallgow-Döberitz">Döberitz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haus_des_Deutschen_Sports" title="Haus des Deutschen Sports">Haus des Deutschen Sports</a>, <a href="/wiki/Olympiapark_Schwimmstadion_Berlin" title="Olympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin">Olympic Swimming Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ruhleben_internment_camp" title="Ruhleben internment camp">Ruhleben</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wannsee" title="Wannsee">Wannsee Golf Course</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics">1948</a>: <a href="/wiki/Aldershot" title="Aldershot">Aldershot</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Shooting_Centre" title="National Shooting Centre">Bisley Ranges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst" title="Royal Military Academy Sandhurst">Royal Military Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics">1952</a>: <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A4meenlinna" title="Hämeenlinna">Hämeenlinna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics">1956</a>: <a href="/wiki/Oaklands_Hunt_Club" title="Oaklands Hunt Club">Oaklands Hunt Club</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Sports_and_Entertainment_Centre" title="Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre">Swimming/Diving Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Williamstown,_Victoria" title="Williamstown, Victoria">Williamstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics">1960</a>: <a href="/wiki/Acqua_Santa_Golf_Club_Course" title="Acqua Santa Golf Club Course">Acqua Santa Golf Club Course</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palazzo_dei_Congressi" title="Palazzo dei Congressi">Palazzo dei Congressi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Passo_Corese" title="Passo Corese">Passo Corese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stadio_Olimpico_del_Nuoto" title="Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto">Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Umberto_I_Shooting_Range" title="Umberto I Shooting Range">Umberto I Shooting Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics">1964</a>: <a href="/wiki/Asaka,_Saitama" title="Asaka, Saitama">Asaka Nezu Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Camp_Asaka" title="Camp Asaka">Asaka Shooting Range</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tokyo" title="University of Tokyo">Kemigawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yoyogi_National_Gymnasium" title="Yoyogi National Gymnasium">National Gymnasium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waseda_University" title="Waseda University">Waseda Memorial Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics">1968</a>: <a href="/wiki/Campo_Militar_1" title="Campo Militar 1">Campo Militar 1</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Montes_de_Oca_Fencing_Hall" title="Fernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall">Fernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alberca_Ol%C3%ADmpica_Francisco_M%C3%A1rquez" title="Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez">Francisco Márquez Olympic Pool</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vicente_Su%C3%A1rez_Shooting_Range" title="Vicente Suárez Shooting Range">Vicente Suárez Shooting Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics">1972</a>: <a href="/wiki/Messe_M%C3%BCnchen" title="Messe München">Messegelände Fechthalle 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Olympiastadion_(Munich)" title="Olympiastadion (Munich)">Olympiastadion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Riding_Facility,_Riem" title="Riding Facility, Riem">Riding Facility, 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title="Modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics">1980</a>: <a href="/wiki/Light-Athletic_Football_Complex_CSKA" title="Light-Athletic Football Complex CSKA">CSKA Football Fieldhouse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dynamo_Shooting_Range" title="Dynamo Shooting Range">Dynamo Shooting Range</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swimming_Pool_at_the_Olimpiysky_Sports_Complex" title="Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex">Swimming Pool - Olimpisky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bittsa_Equestrian_Complex" title="Bittsa Equestrian Complex">Trade Unions' Equestrian Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics">1984</a>: <a href="/wiki/Coto_de_Caza,_California" title="Coto de Caza, California">Coto de Caza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heritage_Park_Aquatic_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Heritage Park Aquatic Center">Heritage Park Aquatic Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics">1988</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jamsil_Indoor_Swimming_Pool" title="Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool">Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mongchontoseong" title="Mongchontoseong">Mongchontoseong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Fencing_Gymnasium" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympic Fencing Gymnasium">Olympic Fencing Gymnasium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seoul_Race_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Seoul Race Park">Seoul Equestrian Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taenung_International_Shooting_Range" title="Taenung International Shooting Range">Taenung International Shooting Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics">1992</a>: Cross-country course, <a href="/wiki/Camp_de_Tir_Ol%C3%ADmpic_de_Mollet" title="Camp de Tir Olímpic de Mollet">Mollet del Vallès Shooting Range</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palau_de_la_Metal%C2%B7l%C3%BArgia" title="Palau de la Metal·lúrgia">Palau de la Metal·lúrgia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piscines_Bernat_Picornell" title="Piscines Bernat Picornell">Piscines Bernat Picornell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Real_Club_de_Polo_de_Barcelona" title="Real Club de Polo de Barcelona">Real Club de Polo de Barcelona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics">1996</a>: <a href="/wiki/Georgia_International_Horse_Park" title="Georgia International Horse Park">Georgia International Horse Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Tech_Campus_Recreation_Center" title="Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center">Georgia Tech Aquatic Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_World_Congress_Center" title="Georgia World Congress Center">Georgia World Congress Center</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Modern_pentathlon_pictogram_(pre-2025).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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Centre (Beijing)">Olympic Sports Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ying_Tung_Natatorium" title="Ying Tung Natatorium">Ying Tung Natatorium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics">2012</a>: <a href="/wiki/London_Aquatics_Centre" title="London Aquatics Centre">Aquatics Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Park" title="Greenwich Park">Greenwich Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Copper_Box_Arena" title="Copper Box Arena">Copper Box</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery_Barracks" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Artillery Barracks">Royal Artillery Barracks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics">2016</a>: <a href="/wiki/Deodoro_Aquatics_Centre" title="Deodoro Aquatics Centre">Deodoro Aquatics Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deodoro_Stadium" title="Deodoro Stadium">Deodoro Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Youth_Arena" title="Youth Arena">Youth Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics">2020</a>: <a href="/wiki/Musashino_Forest_Sport_Plaza" title="Musashino Forest Sport Plaza">Musashino Forest Sport Plaza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ajinomoto_Stadium" title="Ajinomoto Stadium">Tokyo Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics" title="Modern pentathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics">2024</a>: <a href="/wiki/Parc_des_Expositions_de_Villepinte" title="Parc des Expositions de Villepinte">Arena Paris Nord</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Versailles" title="Palace of Versailles">Palace of Versailles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2028_Summer_Olympics" title="2028 Summer Olympics">2028</a>: <a href="/wiki/VELO_Sports_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="VELO Sports Center">VELO Sports Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dignity_Health_Sports_Park" title="Dignity Health Sports Park">Dignity Health Sports Park</a></li> <li><a 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