Staphorst
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| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Overijssel |
| Area | 135.70 km² |
| - Land | 134.29 km² |
| - Water | 1.41 km² |
| Population (2005) | 15,714 |
| - Density | 117/km² |
Staphorst is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. It is famous for people wearing traditional Dutch clothing. Furthermore it is one of the most religious villages of the Netherlands, with a lot of people going to a Protestant church. Staphorst is said to grind to a halt on sunday.
A large proportion of the population hold fundamentalist Christian beliefs, and oppose technologies such as television and blood transfusions. This is in contrast to the permissive, libertarian tendency in Dutch law.
In 2005, Staphorst's council (run by the SGP, which bans women from running for parliament) passed a measure to ban swearing, by 13 - 4 votes [1]
[edit] Population centres
- IJhorst
- Lankhorst
- Punthorst
- Rouveen
- Staphorst
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