Editing Voorst

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{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Voorst
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = De Vecht.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = [[De Vecht]]
| image_flag              = Flag of Voorst.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Coat of arms of Voorst.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0285 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Voorst in a municipal map of Gelderland
| map_caption             = Location in Gelderland
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|14|N|6|7|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Gelderland]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.voorst.nl/organisatie/college-van-bw/samenstelling-bw/burgemeester-jos-penninx/
 |title = Burgemeester Jos Penninx
 |trans-title = Mayor Jos Penninx
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Voorst
 |access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Jos Penninx]]
<!-- Geographic information -->
| unit_pref               = Metric
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<!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Voorst}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Voorst}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Voorst}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 7391KA
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 6
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| elevation_max_m         =
| elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_min_m         =
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Voorst}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Voorst}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Voorstenaar
<!-- Other information -->
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 7382–7397, 7439
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 055, 0571
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.voorst.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
[[File:Voorst, camping-boerderij de Adelaar RM38043 foto2 2015-04-05 14.34.jpg|Voorst, camping-farm de Adelaar|thumb|280px|right]]
'''Voorst''' ({{IPA|nl|voːrst|-|Nl-Voorst.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a town in the eastern [[Netherlands]].

== Population centres ==
* [[Appen, Netherlands|Appen]] (near a wood where nice walks can be taken)
* [[Bussloo]] (with a recreation centre with a small lake and beach)
* De Kar (near a motorway junction (A1, [[Amsterdam]]- [[Berlin]])
* De Vecht
* De Wijk
* Gietelo (castle ruin of Nijenbeek on the IJssel dyke)
* [[Klarenbeek]] (partly in the municipality [[Apeldoorn]]; small railroad station)
* Klein-Amsterdam
* [[Nijbroek]]
* Posterenk (also near the A1, with an old Dutch wind-mill)
* Spekhoek
* Steenenkamer, actually an outskirt of [[Deventer]]
* Terwolde
* [[Teuge]] (with an airfield, where [[parachuting]] is taught)
* '''[[Twello]]''', half-way between Apeldoorn and Deventer, which is  the main village of the municipality, having over 11,000 inhabitants; the town-hall, some industry, most schools, a railway station, a shopping centre etc. can be found there
* Voorst, an old village along the road between [[Apeldoorn]] and [[Zutphen]], with a beautiful old church; 1 mile south of Voorst, another small railroad station was opened in 2006
* [[Wilp]], a tiny village on the [[IJssel]] opposite to Deventer; it has a small, very old church and a hospital for mentally handicapped people; the village already existed in 768;  Saint [[Lebuinus]] built a chapel there; the name is  allegedly derived from ''wel-apa'' that is: well-water; it is possible, that prehistoric Celtic or Germanic people worshipped a holy well there.

[[File:Gem-Voorst-OpenTopo.jpg|400px]]

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

== Notable people ==
[[File:W.A.A.J. Schimmelpenninck van der Oye.jpg|140px|thumb|W.A.A.J. Schimmelpenninck van der Oye]]
* [[Ludolph Anne Jan Wilt Sloet van de Beele]] (1806 in Voorst – 1890) the [[Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies]] 1861/1866
* [[Johannes Gijsbertus Bastiaans]] (1812 in Wilp - 1875) a Dutch organist, composer and music theorist
* [[Anthony Winkler Prins]] (1817 in Voorst – 1908) a Dutch writer of the ''[[Winkler Prins]]'' encyclopedia. 
* [[Willem Anne Assueer Jacob Schimmelpenninck van der Oye]] (1834 in Voorst – 1889) a Dutch baron and politician
* [[Jan Terlouw]] (born 1931 in Kamperveen) a retired Dutch politician, physicist and author
* [[Evert Jan Baerends]] (born 1945 in Voorst) a Dutch theoretical chemist and academic
=== Sport ===
* [[Jan-Dirk Nijkamp]] (born 1964 in Voorst) a Dutch sprint canoer who competed in the [[1992 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Jurgen Streppel]] (born 1969 in Voorst) a retired football player with 373 club caps
* [[Robert Horstink]] (born 1981 in Twello) a volleyball player, competed in the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Terwolde-lochemsestraat-07080005.jpg|Terwolde, Lochemsestraat
File:Voorst gemeentehuis.jpg|Voorst gemeentehuis
File:Voorst; Maite Duval.jpg|De gans, Voorst
File:De IJssel - panoramio.jpg|The IJssel near Bussloo
</gallery>

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

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Voorst, Gelderland}}
*[http://www.voorst.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Voorst
 | Northeast = [[Olst-Wijhe]] ([[Overijssel|OV]])
 | East      = [[Deventer]] ([[Overijssel|OV]])<br>[[Lochem]]
 | Southeast = [[Zutphen]]
 | South     = [[Brummen]]
 | West      = [[Apeldoorn]]
 | Northwest = [[Epe, Netherlands|Epe]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Voorst}}
{{Gelderland Province}}
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[[Category:Voorst| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Gelderland]]
[[Category:Populated places in Gelderland]]


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