Voorhout

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Place details

Locality: Voorhout
Region: Zuid-Holland
Country: Nederland
Population: 4,670
Timezone: Europe/Amsterdam

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Voorhout
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Water board
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Teylingen
Settlement.area_total_km2: 12.62
Settlement.population_total: 15,620
Settlement.population_as_of: 2017
Settlement.image_skyline: Voorhout_Herenstraat_49.jpg
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Voorhout.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Voorhout gemeentewapen.svg

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Voorhout () is a village and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The former municipality covered an area of of which is covered by water, and had a population of 14,792 in 2004. Together with Sassenheim and Warmond, it became part of the Teylingen municipality on January 1, 2006. Voorhout is located in an area called the "Dune and Bulb Region" (Duin- en Bollenstreek).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Voorhout” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.