Bunschoten

270px|thumb|Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Bunschoten, June 2015.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Bunschoten
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: De Hoop (Bunschoten) 9.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Countryside in Bunschoten
Settlement.image_flag: Bunschoten vlag.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.image_shield: Bunschoten wapen.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Map - NL - Municipality code 0313 (2009).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of Bunschoten in a municipal map of Utrecht
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Utrecht
Settlement.subdivision_type

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270px|thumb|Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Bunschoten, June 2015.

Bunschoten () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It lies about 7 km north of Amersfoort. Its territory comprises the original municipality of Bunschoten (created in 1204 by the bishop of Utrecht) and the former municipality of Duyst, De Haar and Zevenhuizen, which was a part of Hoogland from 1854 until 1971.