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Utrecht
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5894
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5860
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is a municipality and a town in the
Netherlands , in the province of
Utrecht . It is located about 3
Kilometre s southeast of
Amersfoort .
The western part of the municipalty is partially covered by forest, partially by heathlands. The other parts are used for livestock farming.
The municipality of Leusden consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts:
Achterveld , Leusden,
Leusden-Zuid ,
Stoutenburg .
The place that is now called Leusden was first mentioned as ''Villa Lisiduna'' in a charter in
777 . The location of that settlement, which is considered to have been a rather extensive farm complex with defenses, is unknown to us. It is possible that the old village of Oud-Leusden once was the location of Villa Lisiduna but excavations in the 1980s have not shown any evidence. However, the church tower of Oud-Leusden is one of the oldest towers in the Netherlands, dating back to the 11th century A.D.
In the 1970s, the agricultural towns of Leusbroek and Hamersveld grew into to a larger, mainly residential town. What once was Hamersveld is now called Leusden-Centrum and Leusbroek was to become Leusden-Zuid. However, Leusden is the common name these days. In the original plans, Leusden would grow into a town of around 46,000 inhabitants, but after the initial expansion phases there was growing resistance from the population. So some of the later phases of the expansion have been abandoned.
