Editing Westervoort

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Westervoort
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = Westervoort, straatzicht foto1 2010-04-12 10.13.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Street through Westervoort
| image_flag              = Flag of Westervoort.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Coat of arms of Westervoort.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0293 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Westervoort in a municipal map of Gelderland
| map_caption             = Location in Gelderland
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|58|N|5|58|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = 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.westervoort.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/samenstelling-benw_42831/
 |title = Samenstelling BenW
 |trans-title = Members board of mayor and aldermen
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Westervoort
 |access-date = 22 July 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             = {{Ill|Arend van Hout|nl}}
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Westervoort}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Westervoort}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Westervoort}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 6931CZ
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 22 July 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 11
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Westervoort}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Westervoort}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = 
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| 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             = 6930–6932
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 026
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.westervoort.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Westervoort''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌʋɛstərˈvoːrt|-|Nl-Westervoort.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a town in the eastern [[Netherlands]]. The town has two rivers inside its borders, the [[Rhine]] and the [[IJssel]]. It is a commuter town closely linked to [[Arnhem]], the capital of [[Gelderland]], which is situated on the west bank of the [[IJssel]] river, the east bank being occupied by Westervoort. It is the smallest Dutch municipality by area.

==Transport ==
On 11 December 2011, a new railway station was opened in Westervoort. This meant that for the first time in 75 years the inhabitants of Westervoort could make use of railway transportation again. Next to the recently opened station, public buses run through Westervoort. These buses establish a direct connection to [[Arnhem]] and the surrounding towns of [[Duiven]] and [[Zevenaar]]. The A12 motorway runs north of Westervoort and has an exit serving both Westervoort and the western parts of Duiven. In the south of Westervoort a small ferry boat connects Westervoort to the town of [[Huissen]] by crossing the [[Rhine]].

==Notable residents==
* [[Johan Andreas Dèr Mouw]] (1863–1919) poet and philosopher
* [[Theo Snelders]] (born 1963) football goalkeeper with 464 club caps
* [[Sophie Souwer]] (born 1987) a Dutch rower, competed at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Jermaine Wattimena]] (born 1988) darts player

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
Image:Westervoort, de Sint-Werenfriedkerk RM38844 IMG 8980 2019-04-01 10.57.jpg|Westervoort, church: the Sint-Werenfriedkerk
File:Westervoort, de Westervoortse Brug IMG 8427 2021-02-28 14.22.jpg|Bridge: Westervoortse Brug
</gallery>

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

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.westervoort.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Westervoort
 | North     = [[Arnhem]], [[Rheden]]
 | Northeast = [[Zevenaar]]
 | East      = [[Duiven]]
 | South     = [[Lingewaard]]
 | West      = [[Arnhem]]
}}
{{Gelderland Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Westervoort| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Gelderland]]
[[Category:Populated places in Gelderland]]
[[Category:Liemers]]


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