Swifterbant

Village in Flevoland, Netherlands

52°34′3″N 5°38′30″E / 52.56750°N 5.64167°E / 52.56750; 5.64167CountryNetherlandsProvinceFlevolandMunicipalityDrontenPopulation

(2014)

6,475^[1]Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postcode

8255

Area code0321

Swifterbant (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌsʋɪftərˈbɑnt]) is a town in the Dutch province of Flevoland. It is a part of the municipality of Dronten, and lies about 13 km northeast of Lelystad.

On 1 January 2014, Swifterbant had 6475 inhabitants.^[1] The built-up area of the town was 2.42 km² (0.93 sq mi), and contained 2350 residences.^[2]

Archaeology

The town also gave its name to a neolithic Swifterbant culture dated to between 5300 and 3400 BC, before the Roman Warm Period and follow-on Dunkirk transgressions.

References

^ ^a ^b (in Dutch) Feiten en cijfers, Municipality of Dronten.
^ (in Dutch) Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2006, Statistics Netherlands. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.