Laren

Laren
Laren
	— Municipality —
	<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Laren_Brink_17juni2006.jpg/250px-Laren_Brink_17juni2006.jpg" alt="Laren Brink 17juni2006.jpg" class="" data-image-key="Laren_Brink_17juni2006.jpg" data-image-name="Laren Brink 17juni2006.jpg" width="250" height="188" >Laren town centre
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Laren%2C_North_Holland.svg/100px-Flag_of_Laren%2C_North_Holland.svg.png" alt="Flag of Laren, North Holland.svg" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Laren%2C_North_Holland.svg" data-image-name="Flag of Laren, North Holland.svg" width="100" height="67" >; Flag	<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Coat_of_arms_of_Laren_%28North_Holland%29.svg/67px-Coat_of_arms_of_Laren_%28North_Holland%29.svg.png" alt="Coat of arms of Laren (North Holland).svg" class="" data-image-key="Coat_of_arms_of_Laren_%28North_Holland%29.svg" data-image-name="Coat of arms of Laren (North Holland).svg" width="67" height="80" >; Coat of arms
	<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Map_-_NL_-_Municipality_code_0417_%282009%29.svg/250px-Map_-_NL_-_Municipality_code_0417_%282009%29.svg.png" alt="Highlighted position of Laren in a municipal map of North Holland" class="" data-image-key="Map_-_NL_-_Municipality_code_0417_%282009%29.svg" data-image-name="Map - NL - Municipality code 0417 (2009).svg" width="250" height="133" >Location in North Holland
	Coordinates: 52°15′N 5°14′E / 52.25, 5.233Coordinates: 52°15′N 5°14′E / 52.25, 5.233
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
	Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Elbert Roest (D66)
	Area
• Total	12.41 km2 (4.79 sq mi)
• Land	12.41 km2 (4.79 sq mi)
• Water	0.00 km2 (0 sq mi)
Elevation	5 m (16 ft)
	Population (May 2013)
• Total	10,984
• Density	885/km2 (2,290/sq mi)
Demonym	Laarder, Larenaar
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode	1250–1252
Area code	035
Website	laren.nl

Main	Births etc

2013-Laren — Dutch Topographic map of Laren, July 2013

Laren ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Located in the region called 't Gooi, it is the oldest town in that area. It is one of the most affluent in the Netherlands, along with its neighbour Blaricum. Nationally, Laren is well known for its history as a late 20th-century art colony, preserved in the museum Singer Laren, as well as its wide array of shops. Laren is also the setting for the book "The War in the Corner", by Jan Braakman.

Local government Edit

The municipal council of Laren consists of 15 seats, which since 2010 are divided as follows:

VVD - 4 seats
Larens Behoud - 5 seats
Liberaal Laren - 2 seats
CDA - 2 seats
PvdA - 2 seats

Demographics (2007)Edit

Birth Rate: 7.29 per 1000
Death Rate: 17.94 per 1000
NGR: -1.07% per year.^[5]

Notable residentsEdit

Mona Louise Parsons - member of Dutch resistance
Willemien Aardenburg (1966) - field hockey player
Marcel van der Westen (1976) - track and field athlete
Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898–1972) - graphic artist, illustrator and printmaker

GalleryEdit

ReferencesEdit

^ "drs. E.J. (Elbert) Roest" (in Dutch). Gemeente Laren. http://www.laren.nl/laren/college/samenstellingcollege/burgemeester/id_504466. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten [Key figures for neighbourhoods]" (in Dutch). CBS Statline. CBS. 2 July 2013. http://statline.cbs.nl. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
^ "Postcodetool for 1251NA" (in Dutch). Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland. Het Waterschapshuis. http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand [Population growth; regions per month]" (in Dutch). CBS Statline. CBS. 24 June 2013. http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=37230NED&D1=17-18&D2=101-619,621,624-632&D3=l&LA=EN&HDR=T&STB=G1,G2&VW=T. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
^ Statline.cbs.nl

External linksEdit

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[mayor_now-0] "drs. E.J. (Elbert) Roest" (in Dutch). Gemeente Laren. http://www.laren.nl/laren/college/samenstellingcollege/burgemeester/id_504466. Retrieved 18 March 2014.

[1] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten [Key figures for neighbourhoods]" (in Dutch). CBS Statline. CBS. 2 July 2013. http://statline.cbs.nl. Retrieved 11 July 2013.

[AHN-2] "Postcodetool for 1251NA" (in Dutch). Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland. Het Waterschapshuis. http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool. Retrieved 18 March 2014.

[3] "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand [Population growth; regions per month]" (in Dutch). CBS Statline. CBS. 24 June 2013. http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=37230NED&D1=17-18&D2=101-619,621,624-632&D3=l&LA=EN&HDR=T&STB=G1,G2&VW=T. Retrieved 11 July 2013.

[4] Statline.cbs.nl

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