Swifterbant

Swifterbant 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. The built-up area of the town was 2.42 sqkm, and contained 2350 residences.



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.