Elspeet is a tourist village in the Netherlands, in the

Veluwe The Veluwe () is a forest-rich ridge of hills (1100 km2) in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. The Veluwe features many different landscapes, including woodland, heath, some small lakes and Europe's largest sand drifts. The Ve ...

region, in the municipality of

Nunspeet Nunspeet () is a municipality and town in the central Netherlands. It has been an agricultural site since prehistoric times. The municipality contains a number of villages, namely Hulshorst, Elspeet, and Vierhouten. Nunspeet has a vivid historica ...

Gelderland Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. The village is situated about 10 kilometers south of Nunspeet and about 4 kilometers north of Uddel, on the Northern

. It is surrounded by forest and heather. The village has 4,635 inhabitants. The origin of the name Elspeet isn't entirely clear. ''El'' is thought to be referring to the word ''old'' and ''speet'' (spaded)i .e. to its older reclamation: ground first spaded over, as distinct from Nunspeet where this came later. Elspeet is a conservative

Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

village. In the 2006 municipal elections, 70 percent of the local population voted for the

Reformed Political Party The Reformed Political Party ( nl, Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij, SGP) is a conservative CalvinistThese sources describe the SGP as a Calvinist political party: * * * * * political party in the Netherlands. The term ''Reformed'' is not a refere ...

(SGP). The three Christian parties in the elections (the

, the Christian Union and the

Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( nl, Christen-Democratisch Appèl, ; CDA) is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands. It was originally formed in 1977 from a confederation of the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolution ...

) had a combined total of almost 90 percent of the votes.

Gallery

File:Elspeet HHK-2.jpg, Restored Reformed Church File:Bakstenen tuinkoepel in de tuin van de pastorie - 20069677 - RCE.jpg, Tea house File:20160526 Elspeetsche Heide1.jpg, Heath near Elspeet File:Gedeelte van de voorgevel - Elspeet - 20384273 - RCE.jpg, School in Elspeet

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External links

Information about Elspeet
Populated places in Gelderland Nunspeet {{gelderland-geo-stub