# Vlist

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{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
<!-- Name and transliteration -->| name = Vlist
| settlement_type = Village and former municipality
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->| image_alt = 
| image_caption = Skyline of [Stolwijk](/source/Stolwijk)
| image_flag = Vlist vlag.svg
| flag_size = 100x67px
| flag_alt = 
| image_shield = 
| shield_size = 100x80px
| shield_alt = <!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0623 (2009).svg
| map_alt = Highlighted position of Vlist in a municipal map of South Holland
| map_caption = Location of the former municipality in South Holland
| coordinates = {{coord|51|58|N|4|46|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands)
| subdivision_type1 = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_the_Netherlands)
| subdivision_type2 = [Municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_the_Netherlands)
| subdivision_name1 = [South Holland](/source/South_Holland)
| subdivision_name2 = [Krimpenerwaard](/source/Krimpenerwaard)
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1 January 1985
<!-- 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|Vlist}}
| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Vlist}}
| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Vlist}}
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 2821AS
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 25 August 2013
 |archive-date = 21 September 2013
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref>
| elevation_m = 0
| elevation_min_m = <!-- Population, demographics -->
| elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|Vlist}}
| population_as_of = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Vlist}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym = <!-- Other information -->
| timezone1 = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time)
| utc_offset1 = +1
| timezone1_DST = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time)
| utc_offset1_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = [Postcode](/source/Postal_codes_in_the_Netherlands)
| postal_code = 2850–2855
| area_code = 0182
| area_code_type = [Area code](/source/Telephone_numbers_in_the_Netherlands)
| website = {{URL|1=http://www.gemeentevlist.nl}}
| footnotes = 
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'''Vlist''' ({{IPA|nl|vlɪst|-|Nl-Vlist.ogg}}) is a village and former municipality in the western [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands), in the province of [South Holland](/source/South_Holland). As of 2015, it is a part of the municipality of [Krimpenerwaard](/source/Krimpenerwaard).

== Description ==
Vlist is named after the river with the same name, along which the population is concentrated. The river forms a connection between the Lek river and the city of Schoonhoven to Haastrecht, where it empties into the Hollandsche IJssel. It has a length of approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 miles).
The Vlist was formerly used as a drainage basin for polders around the river; there were many windmills on the banks of the river, to pump water out of the adjacent polders and into the river. It was also used for the transport of goods, particularly from Schoonhoven to Utrecht.
Today the river has a larger function in tourism, and is particularly popular among cyclists and pedestrians, who enjoy walking or riding along the river. The river itself is often navigated with canoes which can be rented in Haastrecht. If the river is sufficiently frozen in winter, the Two Provinces skating tour is organized for the ice-skate enthusiasts.

== Arrest at Goejanverwellesluis ==
Famously, along the river Vlist, [Wilhelmina of Prussia](/source/Wilhelmina_of_Prussia%2C_Princess_of_Orange), was halted by patriots from Gouda while on her way to The Hague. She was planning to attempt to convince the States General to let her husband [William V](/source/William_V%2C_Prince_of_Orange) return to the city. The patriots tried to prevent this and she was then brought to a farm near the [Goejanverwellesluis](/source/Goejanverwellesluis) (in present [Hekendorp](/source/Hekendorp)). Afterwards, she was not allowed further passage into [Holland](/source/Holland) and returned to [Nijmegen](/source/Nijmegen) without result. This event, that directly led to the [invasion](/source/Prussian_invasion_of_Holland) of the [Dutch Republic](/source/Dutch_Republic) by [Frederick William II of Prussia](/source/Frederick_William_II_of_Prussia) and the fall of the patriots, occurred on June 28, 1787, and is (incorrectly, because it happened at [Bonrepas](/source/Bonrepas)) known as the ''Arrest at Goejanverwellesluis''.

==International  relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Netherlands}}

===Twin towns - Sister cities===
Vlist is [twinned](/source/twin_towns_and_sister_cities)  with:
*{{flagicon|SRB}} '''[Bač](/source/Ba%C4%8D%2C_Serbia)''',  [Serbia](/source/Serbia)  <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skgo.org/php/opstine/detalji.php?Id=28&IdSvojstva=MO |title=Bač |publisher=Skgo.org |access-date=2010-03-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927021354/http://www.skgo.org/php/opstine/detalji.php?Id=28&IdSvojstva=MO |archive-date=2007-09-27 }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130909013215/http://www.gemeentevlist.nl/ Official website]
*{{Commons category-inline|Vlist}}

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<!--Please note that preferably only neighboring municipalities or bodies of water should be used-->
{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Vlist
|North     = [Bodegraven-Reeuwijk](/source/Bodegraven-Reeuwijk)
|Northeast = [Oudewater](/source/Oudewater)&nbsp;([UT](/source/Utrecht_(province)))
|East      = 
|Southeast = [Lopik](/source/Lopik)&nbsp;([UT](/source/Utrecht_(province)))<br>[Schoonhoven](/source/Schoonhoven)
|South     = [Bergambacht](/source/Bergambacht)
|Southwest = 
|West      = [Ouderkerk](/source/Ouderkerk)
|Northwest = [Gouda](/source/Gouda%2C_South_Holland)
}}

Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2015
Category:Former municipalities of South Holland
Category:Populated places in South Holland
Category:Krimpenerwaard

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