Soest is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is located about 6 km (4 mi) west of Amersfoort.
Population centres
The town of Soest
The oldest documents mentioning Soest date from 1029. Its oldest church , which is still in use today, dates from the fifteenth century. Traces of earlier habitation are found though. The area of "Hees", now at the outskirts of Soest may date in to the Early Middle Ages, and prehistoric burial mounds in the Soesterduinen point to early habitation in this area.
Agricultural activity is still visible as there is much farmland within Soest. The biggest area is in the center of the town, on a hill, and are called 'de Engh'. A small street is het Kerkpad . The Soesterduinen, in the South, sand dunes, are worth visiting.
Upon visiting Soest, numerous churches depict the Calvinist/Catholic tradition of the region. Christengemeente Soest, Wilhelmina Kerk Soest, Gereformeerde Kerk Vrijgemaakt, Emmakerk and the Evangelische Kerk Soest are the main churches within the town of Soest.
Currently some 50,000 inhabitants live in Soest, consisting mainly of commuters.
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