Amersfoort
Amersfoort | |
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City and municipality | |
Zuidsingel Lieve Vrouwekerkhof Havik Woudzoom | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Keistad (Boulder City) | |
Location in Utrecht | |
Interactive map of Amersfoort | |
Amersfoort Location within the Netherlands Amersfoort Location within Europe | |
| Coordinates: 52°9′N 5°23′E / 52.150°N 5.383°E | |
| Sovereign state | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Constituent country | Netherlands |
| Province | Utrecht |
| City rights | 1259 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Lucas Bolsius (CDA) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 63.86 km2 (24.66 sq mi) |
| • Land | 62.62 km2 (24.18 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.24 km2 (0.48 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
| Population (Municipality, January 2021; Urban and Metro, May 2014) | |
• Municipality | 157,462 |
| • Density | 2,515/km2 (6,510/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 180,539 |
| • Metro | 287,110 |
| Demonym | Amersfoorter(s) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 3800–3829 |
| Area code | 033 |
| Website | www |
Amersfoort (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːmərsfoːrt] ⓘ) 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.