IJzevoorde is a

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in the municipalities of

Doetinchem Doetinchem (; Dutch Low Saxon, Low Saxon: ) is a city and Municipalities in the Netherlands, municipality in the east of the Netherlands. It is situated along the IJssel, Oude IJssel (Old IJssel) river in a part of the Provinces of the Netherland ...

and Bronckhorst in the province of

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in the east part of the

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Overview

It was first mentioned in 1235 as Ysenuort and means fordable place through the IJze. The postal authorities have placed it under

. In 1840, it was home to 839 people. It includes a

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, a

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, a

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, a bar and a small stage. The school has about 60

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s and there are a lot of

farmer A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer ...

s' children attending the school. IJzevoorde also has a small campground. Close to IJzevoorde lies the Slangenburg Castle, referring to a little

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

called the Slinge.

References

Populated places in Gelderland Doetinchem {{Gelderland-geo-stub