Westervoort

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Westervoort

Total population

14,991

Elevation11 m

Land area7.84 km²

Coordinates51.96°, 5.97°

Demographic figures from CBS Netherlands. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Westervoort is a 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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Cayfano Latupeirissa

Dutch footballer

Iris Hesseling

Dutch actress

Jette van der Meij

Dutch actress

Miranda van Kralingen

Dutch singer

A

Arno Hofstede

Dutch football player

J

Jan Veenstra

Dutch footballer (1942–2023)

P

Peter Rietbergen

Dutch historian, writer and university teacher

Eric Corton

Dutch actor (born 1969)

B

Ben Slingenberg

Dutch writer

Lans Bovenberg

Dutch economist

T

Tije Vlam

Dutch volleyball player

M

Michael Jaliens

Dutch football player

Jop de Vries

Dutch actor

P. J. B. C. Robidé van der Aa

Dutch geographer (1832-1887)

Constant Kusters

Dutch radical right-wing politician

S

Stefan Wijkamp

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Gelderland

• De Eng
  1.7 mi away
• Loo
  2.4 mi away · pop. 1,085
• Arnhem
  2.8 mi away · pop. 155,694
• Doornenburg
  5.2 mi away · pop. 2,727
• Haalderen
  5.5 mi away · pop. 2,023
• Oosterbeek
  5.6 mi away · pop. 11,388
• De Steeg
  5.6 mi away · pop. 1,090
• Oud-Zevenaar
  5.8 mi away · pop. 585
• Heveadorp
  6.8 mi away · pop. 744
• Kekerdom
  7 mi away · pop. 490
• Ellecom
  7 mi away · pop. 1,110
• Babberich
  7.3 mi away · pop. 1,854

Browse all places in Gelderland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Official Identifiers