Voorst

Voorst is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.

Population centres

Appen
Bussloo
De Kar
De Vecht
De Wijk
Gietelo
Klarenbeek
Klein-Amsterdam
Nijbroek
Posterenk
Spekhoek
Steenenkamer, actually an outskirt of Deventer
Terwolde
Teuge
Twello, half-way between Apeldoorn and Deventer, which is the main village of the municipality, having over 11,000 inhabitants; the town-hall, some industry, most schools, a railway station, a shopping centre etc. can be found there
Voorst, an old village along the road between Apeldoorn and Zutphen, with a beautiful old church; 1 mile south of Voorst, another small railroad station was opened in 2006
Wilp, a tiny village on the IJssel opposite to Deventer; it has a small, very old church and a hospital for mentally handicapped people; the village already existed in 768; Saint Lebuinus built a chapel there; the name is allegedly derived from wel-apa that is: well-water; it is possible, that prehistoric Celtic or Germanic people worshipped a holy well there.

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Voorst, June 2015''