Altforst
Sign in to saveAltforst is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Maas en Waal, and lies about 10 km north of Oss.
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Place details
- Locality
- Altforst
- Region
- Gelderland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
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- Altforst
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- Village
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- nl
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- Church: the Sint-Donatuskerk
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- Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands
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- Location in the Netherlands
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gelderland
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- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- West Maas en Waal
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 6
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- West Maas en Waal
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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- postal code
- 6628
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Altforst is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Maas en Waal, and lies about 10 km north of Oss.
It was first mentioned in 1134 as Altfurse, and means "old settlement near furze (ulex europaeus)". The village started as a deforestation settlement. It was a low-lying area, and therefore, three artificial mounds have been erected in the village. The Dutch Reformed Church dates from 1824 and was decommissioned in 1970. In 1840, it was home to 281 people. The Roman Catholic Church dates from 1891 and is the replacement of a barn church.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Altforst” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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