Amersfoort
Sign in to saveAmersfoort () is a city and municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands. 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—Amersfoort Centraal, Schothorst and Vathorst—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 1928 Summer Olympics as a venue for the modern pentathlon events. Amersfoort marked its 750th anniversary a
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Amersfoort is a city in the Dutch province of Utrecht with a population of about 161,000 people, making it the second-largest city in the province and one of the country's major urban centers. The city is notable as one of the Netherlands' largest railway hubs, with three stations serving important north-south and east-west rail routes, and it also hosted modern pentathlon events during the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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- Amersfoort
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- City and municipality
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- Keistad (Boulder City)
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- Highlighted position of Amersfoort in a municipal map of Utrecht
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25 sectionsContents
- History
- Antiquity
- Origin of the ''Keistad''
- Nieuw Amersfoort
- First World War
- Second World War
- Culture
- Museums
- Sports
- Landmarks
- Demographics
- Inhabitants by origin
- Transport
- Bus
- Rail
- Road
- Water
- Local government
- Economy
- Notable residents
- Twin towns
- See also
- References
- Notes
- External links
Amersfoort () is a city and municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands. 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—Amersfoort Centraal, Schothorst and Vathorst—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 1928 Summer Olympics as a venue for the modern pentathlon events. Amersfoort marked its 750th anniversary as a city in 2009.
== History == Hunter gatherers set up camps in the Amersfoort region in the Mesolithic 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.