Elst is a town in the municipality of
Overbetuwe in the
Dutch
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province of
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 ...
. It is situated in the
Betuwe, between the cities of
Arnhem
Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both ban ...
and
Nijmegen. Elst has 21,447 inhabitants.
Elst is known for its
Roman temples, which are situated under the Saint
Werenfried church. Elst was a separate municipality until 2001, when it became a part of Overbetuwe.
H. J. Heinz Company
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's sauce factory for the European market is located south of the town centre.
''
Elstar'' is an apple cultivar that was developed in Elst in the 1950s.
Education
Elst is home to three
high schools: Het Westeraam, Lyceum and Over Betuwe College Elst (OBC Elst).
Sports
There are several
sports clubs
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports.
Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
in Elst, including:
*Spero (
Football)
*BCE (badminton)
*Elistha (Football)
*ETV (tennis)
*EZ & PC (
swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
)
*Gaviiformes (scuba diving)
*Gemini (
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
)
*HCOB (
field hockey
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)
*Unlimited (
basketball
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)
*Budo vereniging (martial arts)
The Linge near Elst
File:Elst, de Linge vanaf de Welsh Guardsbrug IMG 2607 2019-09-21 19.22.jpg, The Linge from the Welsh Guardsbrug
File:Bij Elst, ochtendtzicht op de Linge in de herfst IMG 2936 2019-11-30 10.11.jpg, The Linge in the autumn
File:Tussen Elst en Arnhem, de Linge bij de stuw IMG 8072 2021-02-13 09.34.jpg, The Linge in the winter
File:Elst, viaduct over de spoorlijn bij de weg naar Arnhem IMG 8742 2021-04-01 20.04.jpg, The Linge near the viaduct across the railway
File:Elst, de Linge bij de 1e Weteringswal IMG 2426 2019-09-15 07.41.jpg, The Linge near the first Weteringswal
File:Elst, boerderij aan de 2e Weteringswal IMG 8443 2021-03-24 08.27.jpg, The Linge at the second Weteringswal
File:Bij Elst, de Linge bij Romeins Lint Oost in de mist IMG 2875 2019-11-24 10.27.jpg, The Linge in the fog near Romeins Lint Oost
File:Bij Elst, de Linge vanaf de Raaijebrug in de mist IMG 2843 2019-11-24 09.32.jpg, The Linge from the bridge (the Raaijebrug)
File:Elst, de Linge bij de Raaijebrug IMG 9472 2019-05-12 16.07.jpg, The Linge near the bridge (the Raaijebrug)
File:Elst, de Linge vanaf de Langstraatbrug IMG 9481 2019-05-12 16.23.jpg, The Linge from the bridge (the Langstraatbrug)
People born in Elst
*
Frits Kuipers (1899–1943), footballer
*
Pierre Kartner (1935–2022), singer and composer
*
Paul Kuypers
Paul Herman Felix Kuypers (4 June 1939, Elst (Overbetuwe), Gelderland - d. near Ierapetra, Crete, Greece, 9 September 1971) was a Dutch agriculture expert, widely known in Ierapetra as the "Dutchman". He is credited with introducing new planting t ...
(1939–1971), agricultural scientist
*
Jeffrey Leiwakabessy (born 1981), footballer
*
Henk "Henkie" Leeuwis (born 1946), singer
*
Dirk Proper (born 2002), footballer
*
Peter J. Williamson (1823–1907), architect (Vanderbilt University), American Civil War adjutant to General William T. Sherman
*
Jan Zwartkruis (1925–2013), footballer
Transportation
*
Elst railway station
References
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2001
Populated places in Gelderland
Former municipalities of Gelderland
Overbetuwe
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