Amersfoort

municipality in the province of Utrecht, the Netherlands
Organization municipality_of_the_netherlands Q992
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Amersfoort

Summary

Amersfoort is a municipality of the Netherlands[1]. Amersfoort ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_the_netherlands entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (279 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Amersfoort is located in Utrecht[3].
  • Amersfoort is in the country of Netherlands[4].
  • Amersfoort is on the body of water Eem[5].
  • Amersfoort's head of government is recorded as Lucas Bolsius[6].
  • Amersfoort's instance of is recorded as municipality of the Netherlands[7].
  • Amersfoort's capital is recorded as Amersfoort[8].
  • Amersfoort's shares border with is recorded as Bunschoten[9].
  • Amersfoort's shares border with is recorded as Barneveld[10].
  • Amersfoort's shares border with is recorded as Soest[11].
  • Amersfoort's shares border with is recorded as Zeist[12].
  • Amersfoort's shares border with is recorded as Leusden[13].
  • Amersfoort's shares border with is recorded as Baarn[14].
  • Eem is named after Amersfoort[15].
  • ford is named after Amersfoort[16].
  • Amersfoort's flag is recorded as flag of Amersfoort[17].
  • Amersfoort's twinned administrative body is recorded as Liberec[18].
  • Amersfoort's executive body is recorded as college van burgemeester en wethouders of Amersfoort[19].
  • Amersfoort's coat of arms is recorded as coat of arms of Amersfoort[20].
  • Amersfoort's postal code is recorded as 3800–3829[21].
  • Amersfoort's Commons category is recorded as Amersfoort[22].
  • Amersfoort's local dialing code is recorded as 033[23].
  • Amersfoort's archives at is recorded as Eemland Archive[24].
  • 1259 marks the founding of Amersfoort[25].
  • Amersfoort's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.15, 'lon': 5.38}[26].
  • Amersfoort's significant event is recorded as Siege of Amersfoort[27].

Body

Founding

1259 marks the founding of Amersfoort[25].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Amersfoort include Amersfoort Central railway station[28], a railway station[29], in Netherlands[30], founded in 1902[31].

Why It Matters

Amersfoort ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_the_netherlands entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (279 views/month).[2] Amersfoort has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Amersfoort is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for Amersfoort include Amersfoort Central railway station[28], a railway station[29], in Netherlands[30], founded in 1902[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . dans.knaw.nl. dans.knaw.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . gemeentegeschiedenis.nl. gemeentegeschiedenis.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . kiacommunity.nl. Retrieved . kiacommunity.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · JopkeB · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'ban', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'co
    Sitelink count → 93
    Aerial view → Luchtfoto Amersfoort-Centrum 2026.jpg
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8592]]: Luchtfoto Amersfoort-Centrum 2026.jpg"
  2. 7w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 15w ago · Cromenio · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag image → Amersfoort vlag.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P41]]: Amersfoort vlag.svg"
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0427387-Amersfoort-Nizozemsko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0427387-Amersfoort-Nizozemsko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259499|batch #259499]]"
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