Leusden | |
|---|---|
Highrise building Park Wildenburg St. Jozefkerk Kooikersgracht Residential tower Biezenkamp | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in Utrecht | |
| Coordinates: 52°8′N 5°26′E / 52.133°N 5.433°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Utrecht |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Gerolf Bouwmeester (D66) |
| Area | |
• Total | 58.89 km2 (22.74 sq mi) |
| • Land | 58.54 km2 (22.60 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.35 km2 (0.14 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[4] | |
• Total | 30,544 |
| • Density | 522/km2 (1,350/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Leusdenaar |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 3830–3835 |
| Area code | 033 |
| Website | www |
Leusden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈløːzdə(n)] ) is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is located about 3 kilometres southeast of Amersfoort.
The western part of the municipality lies on the slopes of the Utrecht Hill Ridge and is largely covered by forest and heathlands. The eastern parts lie in the Gelderse Valley and are mostly agricultural.
Former Amersfoort concentration camp lies just within the northern municipal border with Amersfoort.
- ^ "Burgemeester Vermeulen" [Mayor Vermeulen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Leusden. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 3831NA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.