Baarn
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| Coordinates: 52°13′N 5°17′E / 52.22°N 5.28°E | |||
| Country | Netherlands | ||
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| Province | Utrecht | ||
| Area (2006) | |||
| - Total | 33.03 km2 (12.8 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 32.56 km2 (12.6 sq mi) | ||
| - Water | 0.47 km2 (0.2 sq mi) | ||
| Population (30 June 2008) | |||
| - Total | 24,345 | ||
| - Density | 748/km2 (1,937.3/sq mi) | ||
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Website | www.baarn.nl | ||
Baarn is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht.
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[edit] Population centres
The municipality of Baarn consists of the following towns: Baarn, Eembrugge, Lage Vuursche.
[edit] The town Baarn
Baarn, the main town of the municipality, received city rights in 1391. The town lies about 8 km east of Hilversum.
In 2001, the town of Baarn counted 22871 inhabitants. The urban area of the town was 4.66 km², and contained 10076 residences.[1]
The royal family owns several houses around Baarn. The Soestdijk Palace in Baarn was the home of Queen Emma, Queen Juliana and Juliana's husband prince Bernard. Crown prince Willem Alexander and his brothers attended school (Nieuwe Baarnse School and Baarnsch Lyceum) in Baarn when Queen Beatrix (then princess) and her family lived at Castle Drakesteijn in the village of Lage Vuursche, before they moved to The Hague in 1980.
Baarn has nice shopping facilities, mainly located in the Laanstraat. Other places worth visiting include 'het Cantonspark' (a botanical garden) and Kasteel Groeneveld. In the north and east there are polders, and the river Eem. The woodlands south-west of Baarn, connecting Baarn to Soestdijk, are called 'Het Baarnsche Bos', have good possibilities for recreation.
The Scout Centre Buitenzorg (Scouting Nederland) is located in Baarn.[2]
To the south lay the connecting road towards the city of Amersfoort, called 'Breemeentje'. This, approx. 10 km long straight of polder road, connects the town of Baarn to various roads in Soest and the industrial area of Amersfoort.
Due to good communications to Amsterdam, the town is home to a number of boutique internaional firms such as Bain & Co and Cerberus Capital Management. Unilever's Conimex is located in Baarn.
[edit] Transportation
Baarn has a railway station - Baarn railway station, with trains going every half hour to Utrecht (Utrecht Centraal) (40 minutes), Amersfoort (Amersfoort) (10 minutes) and Amsterdam (Amsterdam Centraal)(about 45 minutes).
The A1 motorway runs just north of Baarn.
[edit] Well-known people from Baarn
- Maryse Abendanon, currently lives in Baarn (?)
- Fanny Blankers-Koen was born in Baarn (Lage Vuursche) on 26 April 1918
- M. C. Escher lived and worked in Baarn from 1941 to 1970
- André Hoekstra, retired professional football player, was born in Baarn on April 5, 1964
- Michiel Horn was born in Baarn on September 3, 1939
- Hank Liotart, former soccer player, was born in Baarn on November 15, 1943
- Martin Majoor was born in Baarn on October 14, 1964
- Hilmi Mihçi, soccer player, was born in Baarn on July 8, 1976
- Dustley Mulder, professional football player, was born in Baarn on January 27, 1985
- Ilse van der Meijden, water polo player, was born in Baarn on October 10, 1988
- Yorick van Wageningen, actor, was born in Baarn on April 16, 1964
- Diederik van Weel, field hockey player, was born in Baarn on September 28, 1973
[edit] Twin city
[edit] References
- ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
- ^ Fred Kelpin. "My Gilwell Training" (PDF). http://www.kelpin.nl/fred/artikelen/gilwellcursus.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-12-03.
- Other statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant
[edit] External links
- A map of Baarn
- Welcome to Baarn
- Baarn in old picture postcards
- J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Baarn". Map of the former municipality in 1868.
- Vorstelijk Baarn :Information for tourists in Dutch Language
- Royal Baarn :Information for tourists in English Language: introduction to the village Baarn
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