Bredevoort

Bredevoort
Brevoort (Achterhoeks)
Flag of Bredevoort
Coat of arms of Bredevoort
Bredevoort is located in Gelderland
Bredevoort
Bredevoort
Location in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands
Bredevoort is located in Netherlands
Bredevoort
Bredevoort
Bredevoort (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 51°57′N 6°37′E / 51.950°N 6.617°E / 51.950; 6.617
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceGelderland
MunicipalityAalten
Area
 • Total6.73 km2 (2.60 sq mi)
Elevation35 m (115 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total1,660
 • Density250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
7121 & 7126[1]
Dialing code0543
Websitewww.bredevoort.nu

Bredevoort (Low Saxon: Brevoort) is a small city with city privileges of about 1600 inhabitants in the municipality of Aalten, Netherlands. It is between the towns of Aalten and Winterswijk.

Bredevoort has presented itself as Bredevoort boekenstad (Bredevoort book town), after the examples of Hay-on-Wye in Wales and Redu in Belgium. There are now more than 20 second-hand book shops in the town.

Bredevoort was a Heerlijkheid and a separate municipality until 1818. The villages Aalten, Dinxperlo and Winterswijk included the fiefdom of Bredevoort when it became a part of Aalten in 1818.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 13 April 2022. two entries
  2. ^ "Postcodetool for 6961AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  3. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.