Elst is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Gelderland ( English also Guelders) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country Elst is situated in the Betuwe, between the cities of Nijmegen and Arnhem. Betuwe is an area in the Netherlands in the province of Gelderland. Nijmegen (ˈnɛɪmeɣən) (obsolete spellings Nijmwegen Nymegen Nieumeghen &mdash Nimwegen in local dialect and in German, Nimègue in French Arnhem ( ( South Guelderish: Èrnem) is a city and Municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. Elst has 19,743 Number of inhabitants and is famous for its Roman temple, which is situated under the Saint Werenfried church. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC Elst was a separate municipality until 2001, when it became a part of Overbetuwe. Overbetuwe is a Municipality in the Province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. [1]
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Education
Elst is home to two high schools:
- Het Westeraam
- Overbetuwe College
Sports
There are several sports clubs in Elst, amongst others:
- Spero (soccer)
- Elistha (soccer)
- EZ & PC (swimming)
- HCOB (field hockey)
- Unlimited (basketball)
People born in Elst
- Frits Kuipers (1899 - 1943), footballer
- Pierre Kartner (born 1935), singer
- Paul Kuypers (1939 - 1971), agricultural scientist
- Jeffrey Leiwakabessy (born 1981), footballer
References
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution Overbetuwe is a Municipality in the Province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. A sports club, athletics club or sports association is an eclectic institution oriented to multiple Sports which fields many Teams and in several Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance Field hockey is a Team sport in which players attempt to score goals by hitting the Ball across the pitch with a stick Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Frederik ("Frits" Carel Kuipers (July 11 1899 in Elst – October 10 1943 in Heemstede) was a Football (soccer player from the Netherlands Paul Herman Felix Kuypers (b Elst, Netherlands, 4 June 1939- d Jeffrey Leiwakabessy (born February 23, 1981 in Elst) is a Dutch football defender who currently plays for Cypriot team
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