{{distinguish|Montfort (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> <!-- Name and transliteration --> | name = Montfoort | settlement_type = Municipality <!-- Images, nickname, motto --> | image_skyline = Montfoort vogelvlucht 01.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = Montfoort city centre | image_flag = Montfoort vlag.svg | flag_size = 100x67px | flag_alt = | image_shield = Montfoort wapen.svg | shield_size = 100x80px | shield_alt = <!-- Maps, coordinates --> | image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0335 (2009).svg | map_alt = Highlighted position of Montfoort in a municipal map of Utrecht | map_caption = Location in Utrecht | coordinates = {{coord|52|3|N|4|57|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Netherlands | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Utrecht | government_footnotes = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web |url = http://www.montfoort.nl/internet/college-van-bw_3729/item/burgemeester-el-bert-jansen_2525.html |title = burgemeester E.L. (Bert) Jansen |trans-title = mayor E.L. (Bert) Jansen |language = Dutch |publisher = Gemeente Montfoort |accessdate = 7 April 2014 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140408222047/http://www.montfoort.nl/internet/college-van-bw_3729/item/burgemeester-el-bert-jansen_2525.html |archivedate = 8 April 2014 }}</ref> | governing_body = Municipal council | leader_party = VVD | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Petra van Hartskamp <!-- Geographic information --> | unit_pref = Metric <!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion --> <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | area_footnotes = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref> <!-- square kilometers --> | area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|Montfoort}} | area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Montfoort}} | area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Montfoort}} | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 3417JG |trans-title=|language = Dutch |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date = |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |accessdate = 7 April 2014}}</ref> | elevation_m = 2 | elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | elevation_max_m = | elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | elevation_min_m = <!-- Population, demographics --> | population_footnotes = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref> | population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|Montfoort}} | population_as_of = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}} | population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Montfoort}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto--> | population_demonym = <!-- Other information --> | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postcode | postal_code = 3417, 3460–3461 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 0348 | website = {{URL|1=http://www.montfoort.nl}} | footnotes = }} '''Montfoort''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈmɔntfoːrt|-|Nl-Montfoort.ogg}}) is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. Montfoort received city rights in 1329.
== Population centres == The municipality of Montfoort consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: {{columns-list|colwidth=12em| * Achthoven * Achthoven-Oost * Blokland * Cattenbroek * Heeswijk * Knollemanshoek * Linschoten * Mastwijk * Montfoort * Willeskop }} ===Topography=== 480px
''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Montfoort, June 2015''
== Notable people == * Jan III van Montfoort (ca.1448 – 1522) a leader of the Hook Party in the Bishopric of Utrecht * Anthonie Blocklandt van Montfoort (1533 or 1534 - 1583) a Dutch painter * Isbrand van Diemerbroeck (1609–1674) a Dutch physician, anatomist and professor * Matthew Maty (1718–1776) a physician and writer, secretary of the Royal Society and librarian of the British Museum<ref> [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Maty,_Matthew_(DNB00) Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 37, Maty, Matthew] retrieved 20 December 2019 </ref> * Mark van Eldik (born 1967) a Dutch rally driver
== Gallery == <gallery mode=packed> File:Montfoort Oude Stadhuis.jpg|Old town hall of Montfoort File:Montfoort Utrecht with the still working flourmill "de Valk" at 18 May 2013 - panoramio.jpg|Montfoort Utrecht with the still working flourmill File:De Hoogstraat de oudste en belangrijkste straat van Montfoort..JPG|De Hoogstraat de oudste en belangrijkste straat van Montfoort File:Stadsgezicht Montfoort.JPG|View to Montfoort File:Montfoort Montfoort, kerk Johannes de Doper RM512115 IMG 0279 2021-08-05 17.25.jpg|Montfoort, church: kerk Johannes de Doper File:Montfoort, de Montfoortse Vaart vanaf de IJsselkade IMG 9256 2019-04-20 12.26.jpg|Lock: schutsluis Montfoortse Vaart File:Kasteel Montfoort Panorama 7.JPG|{{Ill|Kasteel Montfoort|nl}} </gallery>
==See also== *Memorial tablet for the lords of Montfoort
== References == {{Reflist|30em}}
== External links == * {{Commons category-inline}} * {{official website|http://www.montfoort.nl/}}
{{Geographic location | Centre = Montfoort | North = Woerden | Northeast = Utrecht | East = IJsselstein | South = Lopik | West = Bodegraven-Reeuwijk (ZH)<br>Oudewater }} {{Dutch municipality Montfoort}} {{Utrecht Province}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Montfoort Category:Municipalities of Utrecht (province) Category:Populated places in Utrecht (province) Category:Cities in the Netherlands
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