Editing Montfoort

{{distinguish|Montfort (disambiguation)}}
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| name                    = Montfoort
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Montfoort city centre
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| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Montfoort in a municipal map of Utrecht
| map_caption             = Location in Utrecht
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| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Utrecht (province)|Utrecht]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.montfoort.nl/internet/college-van-bw_3729/item/burgemeester-el-bert-jansen_2525.html
 |title       = burgemeester E.L. (Bert) Jansen
 |trans-title = mayor E.L. (Bert) Jansen
 |language    = Dutch
 |publisher   = Gemeente Montfoort
 |accessdate  = 7 April 2014
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20140408222047/http://www.montfoort.nl/internet/college-van-bw_3729/item/burgemeester-el-bert-jansen_2525.html
 |archivedate = 8 April 2014
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Petra van Hartskamp]]
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| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Montfoort}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Montfoort}}
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 |title = Postcodetool for 3417JG
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 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |accessdate = 7 April 2014}}</ref>
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| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 3417, 3460–3461
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0348
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.montfoort.nl}}
| footnotes               =
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'''Montfoort''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈmɔntfoːrt|-|Nl-Montfoort.ogg}}) is a municipality and a city in the [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[Utrecht (province)|Utrecht]]. Montfoort received [[City rights in the Netherlands|city rights]] in 1329.

== Population centres ==
The municipality of Montfoort consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: 
{{columns-list|colwidth=12em|
* [[Achthoven, Montfoort|Achthoven]]
* Achthoven-Oost
* [[Blokland, Utrecht|Blokland]]
* [[Cattenbroek]]
* [[Heeswijk, Utrecht|Heeswijk]]
* Knollemanshoek
* [[Linschoten (village)|Linschoten]]
* [[Mastwijk]]
* Montfoort
* [[Willeskop]]
}}
===Topography===
[[File:Gem-Montfoort-OpenTopo.jpg|480px]]

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Montfoort, June 2015''

== Notable people ==
* [[Jan III van Montfoort]] (ca.1448 – 1522) a leader of the [[Hook and Cod wars|Hook Party]] in the [[Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht|Bishopric of Utrecht]]
* [[Anthonie Blocklandt van Montfoort]] (1533 or 1534 - 1583) a Dutch painter
* [[Isbrand van Diemerbroeck]] (1609–1674) a Dutch physician, anatomist and professor
* [[Matthew Maty]] (1718–1776) a physician and writer, secretary of the [[Royal Society]] and librarian of the [[British Museum]]<ref> [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Maty,_Matthew_(DNB00)   Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 37, Maty, Matthew] retrieved 20 December 2019 </ref> 
* [[Mark van Eldik]] (born 1967) a Dutch rally driver

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Montfoort Oude Stadhuis.jpg|Old town hall of Montfoort
File:Montfoort Utrecht with the still working flourmill "de Valk" at 18 May 2013 - panoramio.jpg|Montfoort Utrecht with the still working flourmill
File:De Hoogstraat de oudste en belangrijkste straat van Montfoort..JPG|De Hoogstraat de oudste en belangrijkste straat van Montfoort
File:Stadsgezicht Montfoort.JPG|View to Montfoort
File:Montfoort Montfoort, kerk Johannes de Doper RM512115 IMG 0279 2021-08-05 17.25.jpg|Montfoort, church: kerk Johannes de Doper
File:Montfoort, de Montfoortse Vaart vanaf de IJsselkade IMG 9256 2019-04-20 12.26.jpg|Lock: schutsluis Montfoortse Vaart 
File:Kasteel Montfoort Panorama 7.JPG|{{Ill|Kasteel Montfoort|nl}}
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Memorial tablet for the lords of Montfoort]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* {{official website|http://www.montfoort.nl/}}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Montfoort
 | North     = [[Woerden]]
 | Northeast = [[Utrecht]]
 | East      = [[IJsselstein]]
 | South     = [[Lopik]]
 | West      = [[Bodegraven-Reeuwijk]] ([[South Holland|ZH]])<br>[[Oudewater]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Montfoort}}
{{Utrecht Province}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of Utrecht (province)]]
[[Category:Populated places in Utrecht (province)]]
[[Category:Cities in the Netherlands]]

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