Leersum is a town in the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Utrechtse Heuvelrug (; en, "Utrecht Hill Ridge") is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It was formed on 1 January 2006 by merging the former municipalities of Amerongen, Doorn, Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Leersum, and Maa ...
in the
Dutch province of
Utrecht
Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...
. It lies about 7 km (4.3 mi) east of Doorn and 9 km (5.5 mi) west of
Veenendaal
Veenendaal () is a municipality and a town in central Netherlands, located in the province of Utrecht. Veenendaal is the only population centre within its administrative borders. The municipality had a population of 67.601 inhabitants on 1 january ...
.
In 2001, the town of Leersum had 6013 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 1.44 km²; it contained 2465 residences.
[Statistics Netherlands (CBS), ''Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001'' . Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.] Until 2006, Leersum was its own municipality, covering both the town of Leersum and neighbouring
Darthuizen.
In June 2021, Leersum was hit by a
downburst
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. Many cars and homes were heavily damaged by falling trees.
As a result, the forests around Leersum have been closed. Staatsbosbeheer, the Dutch state forest administration, estimates that damaged sections of forest will not be reopened to the general public before the end of the year 2021.
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Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2006
Populated places in Utrecht (province)
Former municipalities of Utrecht (province)
Utrechtse Heuvelrug