Montfoort
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Montfoort | |
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| Montfoort city centre Montfoort city centre | |
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| Highlighted position of Montfoort in a municipal map of Utrecht Location in Utrecht | |
| Coordinates: 52°3′N 4°57′E / 52.050°N 4.950°ECoordinates: 52°3′N 4°57′E / 52.050°N 4.950°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Utrecht |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Petra van Hartskamp (Template:Polparty) |
| Area | |
| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Land | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Water | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| Elevation | Template:Infobox settlement/lengthdisp |
| Population | |
| • Total | Template:Dutch municipality population |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 3417, 3460–3461 |
| Area code | 0348 |
| Website | www |
Montfoort (nl) is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. Montfoort received city rights in 1329.
Population centres
[edit | edit source]The municipality of Montfoort consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts:
- Achthoven
- Achthoven-Oost
- Blokland
- Cattenbroek
- Heeswijk
- Knollemanshoek
- Linschoten
- Mastwijk
- Montfoort
- Willeskop
Topography
[edit | edit source]File:Gem-Montfoort-OpenTopo.jpg
Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Montfoort, June 2015
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Jan III van Montfoort (ca.1448 – 1522) a leader of the Hook Party in the Bishopric of Utrecht
- Anthonie Blocklandt van Montfoort (1533 or 1534 - 1583) a Dutch painter
- Isbrand van Diemerbroeck (1609–1674) a Dutch physician, anatomist and professor
- Matthew Maty (1718–1776) a physician and writer, secretary of the Royal Society and librarian of the British Museum[5]
- Mark van Eldik (born 1967) a Dutch rally driver
Gallery
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Old town hall of Montfoort
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Montfoort Utrecht with the still working flourmill
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De Hoogstraat de oudste en belangrijkste straat van Montfoort
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View to Montfoort
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Montfoort, church: kerk Johannes de Doper
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Lock: schutsluis Montfoortse Vaart
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "burgemeester E.L. (Bert) Jansen" [mayor E.L. (Bert) Jansen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Montfoort. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality total area
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 3417JG". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality population
- ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 37, Maty, Matthew retrieved 20 December 2019
External links
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Media related to Montfoort at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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