Leusden
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| Leusden | |
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| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Utrecht |
| Area (2006) | |
| - Municipality | 58.94 km² (22.8 sq mi) |
| - Land | 58.68 km² (22.7 sq mi) |
| - Water | 0.26 km² (0.1 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2007) | |
| - Municipality | 28,611 |
| - Density | 488/km² (1,263.9/sq mi) |
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Website: www.leusden.nl | |
Leusden is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is located about 3 kilometres southeast of Amersfoort.
The western part of the municipality is partially covered by forest, partially by heathlands. The other parts are used for livestock farming.
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[edit] Population centres
The municipality of Leusden contains four villages:
- Leusden, formerly first named "Hamersveld" and later "Leusden-Centrum";
- Leusden-Zuid, formerly "Leusbroek"
- Achterveld
- Stoutenburg
There are also a number of hamlets in the municipality[1]: Asschat, Den Treek, De Ruif, Jannendorp, Musschendorp, Oud-Leusden (formerly named "Leusden", and Snorrenhoef.
[edit] The town of Leusden
The place that is now called Leusden was first mentioned as Villa Lisiduna in a charter in 777. The location of that settlement, which is considered to have been a rather extensive farm complex with defenses, is unknown to us. It is possible that the old village of Oud-Leusden once was the location of Villa Lisiduna but excavations in the 1980s have not shown any evidence. However, the church tower of Oud-Leusden is one of the oldest towers in the Netherlands, dating back to the 11th century A.D.
In the 1970s, the agricultural towns of Leusbroek and Hamersveld grew into to a larger, mainly residential town. What once was Hamersveld is now called Leusden-Centrum and Leusbroek was to become Leusden-Zuid. However, Leusden is the common name these days. In the original plans, Leusden would grow into a town of around 46,000 inhabitants, but after the initial expansion phases there was growing resistance from the population. So some of the later phases of the expansion have been abandoned.
[edit] Field Hockey
Leusden is well know for it's great hockey and even better hockeyteams. 'MHC Leusden' is the name of their club. The club is known all over The Netherlands because of it's great hockey.
[edit] References
- Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant
- ^ ANWB, "Topografische atlas Nederland 1:50000",2005. Cartography by the Topografische Dienst, Emmen.
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| Villages: Leusden - Leusden-Zuid - Achterveld - Stoutenburg | |
| Hamlets: Asschat - Den Treek - De Ruif - Jannendorp - Musschendorp - Oud-Leusden - Snorrenhoef | |
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