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Amersfoort
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Amersfoort
Total population
145,699
Demographic figures from CBS Netherlands. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Amersfoort is a city and municipality in the Utrecht province of the 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 & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
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Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
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Notable people from here
Geography & sun
Nearby airports
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Gallery
Official Identifiers
CBS — Statistics Netherlands
- CBS code
- 0307
- Population (Wikidata)
- 157,462
- Wikidata
- Q992
Gemeente codes via Wikidata P382
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • CBS — Statistics Netherlands, municipality code via Wikidata P382
- • CBS — Statistics Netherlands — Gemeente codes via Wikidata P382