Elspeet is a tourist village in the Netherlands, in the

Veluwe The Veluwe () is a forest-rich ridge of hills (1100 km2; 420 sq. mi.) 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 ...

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 ...

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. 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 branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...

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

Reformed Political Party The Reformed Political Party ( , SGP) is a conservative Reformed ChristianThese sources describe the SGP as a Calvinist (Reformed Christian) political party: * * * * political party in the Netherlands. The SGP is the oldest political party in the ...

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

, the Christian Union and the

Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( , CDA) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in the Netherlands. Formed as a federation in 1975 by the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary Party, and the Christian Historical ...

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