Amersfoort

Amersfoort is a metropolis and municipality within the province of Utrecht, Netherlands. In August 2017, the municipality had a population of 155,089, making it the second-largest of the province and fifteenth-largest of the united states of america. Amersfoort is likewise one of the most important Dutch railway junctions with its three stations Amersfoort, Schothorst and Vathorst because of its location on of the Netherlands' primary east to west and north to south railway strains. The city was used for the duration of the 1928 Summer Olympics as a venue for the contemporary pentathlon occasions.

Amersfoort marked its 750th anniversary as a metropolis in 2009. The municipality of Amersfoort consists of the subsequent cities, cities, villages and districts: Bergkwartier, Bosgebied, Binnenstad, Hoogland, Hoogland-West, Kattenbroek, Kruiskamp, de Koppel, Liendert, Rustenburg, Nieuwland, Randenbroek, Schuilenburg, Schothorst, Soesterkwartier, Vathorst, Hooglanderveen, Vermeerkwartier, Leusderkwartier, Zielhorst and Stoutenburg-Noord. Hunter gatherers set up camps within the Amersfoort region in the Mesolithic duration. Archaeologists have discovered lines of those camps, including the remains of hearths, and from time to time microlithic flint objects, to the north of the metropolis.