Westervoort

Westervoort
Municipality, town
Street through Westervoort
Flag Coat of arms
Location
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Coordinates: 51°58′N 5°58′E / 51.967°N 5.967°E / 51.967; 5.967
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Region	IJsselvallei, Liemers
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Arend van Hout (VVD)
Area [2]
• Total	7.84 km2 (3.03 sq mi)
• Land	7.03 km2 (2.71 sq mi)
• Water	0.81 km2 (0.31 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	11 m (36 ft)
Population  (2019)[4]
• Total	14,944
• Density	2,126/km2 (5,510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	6931–6932
Area code	026
Website	www.westervoort.nl

Westervoort is a municipality and town in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. About 15,000 people were living there in 2021.

It lies both in the IJsselvallei and Liemers regions, at the meeting point of the Rhine and IJssel rivers.

1. ↑ "Samenstelling college van B&W". Gemeente Westervoort (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 February 2022.
2. ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
3. ↑ "Postcodetool". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
4. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.