Deneysville
Sign in to saveDeneysville is a small town on the banks of the Vaal Dam in the Free State province of South Africa.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics 1936 establishments in South Africa, Populated places established in 1936 and Populated places in the Metsimaholo Local Municipality.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Deneysville
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Free State#South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Free State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Fezile Dabi
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Metsimaholo
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 45.9
- Settlement.population_total
- 19479
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Racial makeup (2011)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Named after
- Deneys Reitz
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Metsimaholo Local Municipality
- Elevation
- 1513
- Image
- Vaal Dam at Deneysville.jpg
- Dialing code
- (016) 371
Show 2 more facts
- inception
- 1939-01-01
- postal code
- 1932
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Vaal Dam
- References
- External links
Deneysville is a small town on the banks of the Vaal Dam in the Free State province of South Africa.
== History == Deneysville was established in 1936 and named after Deneys Reitz, writer of Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War and son of former Orange Free State president Francis William Reitz. The dam has two names, Lake Deneys and Vaal Dam, with the latter being the official and most commonly used name. The town "Deneysville" however, established on the shores of the dam was named after him. The stone cottage on the waterfront which was originally built as a hunting lodge by the Reitz family, is now St. Peter's Church, and has become a popular wedding venue. The original village management board became a municipality and today falls under the large area council of Metsimaholo. The town was slow in developing until the turn of the century when it was rediscovered and is today a fast developing recreational center with many new holiday homes adding to permanent working and retired population.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Deneysville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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