Editing Huizen

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Huizen
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Huizen haven 17juni2006.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Harbour of Huizen
| image_flag              = Huizen vlag.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Huizen wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0406 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Huizen in a municipal map of North Holland
| map_caption             = Location in North Holland
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|18|N|5|15|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Holland]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[List of regions of the Netherlands|Region]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Amsterdam metropolitan area]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.huizen.nl/bestuur/burgemeester-mr-aph-hertog_3285/
 |title = Burgemeester mr. A.Ph. Hertog
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Huizen
 |access-date = 11 March 2014
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140311164844/http://www.huizen.nl/bestuur/burgemeester-mr-aph-hertog_3285/
 |archive-date = 11 March 2014
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgomaster|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = Niek Meijer
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Huizen}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Huizen}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Huizen}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |title=Postcodetool for 1276KB 
 |language=nl 
 |work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland 
 |publisher=Het Waterschapshuis 
 |access-date=11 March 2014 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |archive-date=21 September 2013 
}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 3
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Huizen}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Huizen}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Huizenaar, Huizer
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| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 1270–1277
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 035
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.huizen.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Huizen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦœyzə(n)|pron|Nl-Huizen.ogg}}) is a municipality and a village in the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|province]] of [[North Holland]], the [[Netherlands]]. 

The name "Huizen" is Dutch for "[[houses]]" and this usage has been linked to the belief that the first stone houses in the region, instead of the more common [[Sod house|sod houses]] of the time, appeared here. Huizen is part of the metropolitan area of [[Amsterdam]].

==History==
Huizen was originally an agricultural village, near the [[Zuiderzee]] until 1932. During winter the farmers went fishing, which started the development from an agricultural to a coastal village with a thriving [[fishing industry]], stimulated by building the harbour around 1850. After the damming of the [[Zuiderzee]] in 1932, the old sea became a lake, and economic activity shifted towards industry and commerce.

In the 1960s the town was designated to build substantially large residential areas, to overcome the housing shortage in the region. From then on, the village took on an influx of people and grew rapidly.

Where the Phohi-flat now stands in Huizen, before World War II was a large [[Huizen transmitter|transmitter]] intended to contact the [[Dutch East Indies]], some 12.000&nbsp;km away.

[[Huizermolen, Huizen|A post mill]] that stood in Huizen was dismantled in 1916. It was re-erected in 1919 at the [[Netherlands Open Air Museum]], [[Arnhem]], [[Gelderland]].

==Topography==
Huizen is part of the [[Gooi]] area, well known as the home of the rich and famous.

[[File:Huizen-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg|475px]]<br />''Map of Huizen, March 2014.''

== Local government ==
[[File:Huizen, de Oude Kerk RM22719 foto1 2014-03-09 14.37.jpg|Huizen, church: de Oude Kerk|thumb|140px]]
The municipal council of Huizen consists of 27 seats, which at the [[2022 Dutch municipal elections|2022 municipal elections]] divided as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2022 |title=Huizen municipal election 2022 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20220316/731100|access-date=26 April 2024|website=www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}</ref>

{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
* [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]] - 5 seats
* Leefbaar Huizen - 4 seats
* Dorpsbelangen Huizen - 4 seats
* [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]] - 3 seats
* [[Democrats 66|D66]] - 3 seats
* [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]] - 2 seats
* [[GroenLinks]] - 2 seats
* [[Christian Union (Netherlands)|ChristenUnie]] - 2 seats
* [[Political Reformed Party|SGP]] - 1 seat
* Transparant Huizen - 1 seat
}}

==Transport==
With its population of close to 42,000, Huizen is one of the larger Dutch towns without railway connection. On a national level, it's preceded by [[Drachten]] and [[Oosterhout]].

== Notable people ==
[[File:Willem Oltmans (1973).jpg|140px|thumb|Willem Oltmans, 1973]]
* [[Henk Bos (painter)|Henk Bos]] (1901–1979) a Dutch painter
* [[Karel Voous]] (1920–2002) a Dutch ornithologist and author
* [[Willem Oltmans]] (1925–2004) a Dutch investigative journalist and author
* [[Dorret Boomsma]] (born 1957 in Huizen) a Dutch [[Behavioral neuroscience|biological psychologist]] specializing in genetics and [[twin studies]]
* [[Arnoud Boot]] (born 1960) a Dutch economist and academic
* [[Femke Merel van Kooten]] (born 1983) a Dutch politician, former member of the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|Dutch House of Representatives]] and leader of [[Splinter (political party)|Splinter]]

=== Sport ===
* [[Sofyan Amrabat]] (born 1996) footballer for [[Fiorentina|A.C.F. Fiorentina]] and the [[Morocco national football team|Morocco national team]]
* [[Michiel Dudok van Heel]] (1924–2003) a sailor, competed at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Nick de Jong (sailor)|Nick de Jong]] (born 1942) a retired sailor, competed at the [[1964 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Noémi Boekel]] (born 1984 in Huizen) a Dutch softball player, competed at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Marlou van der Kulk]] (born 1993) a Dutch Paralympic swimmer, bronze medallist at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Huizer Museum Het Schoutenhuis Achterbaan 82 5.JPG|Huizer Museum Het Schoutenhuis Achterbaan
File:Huizen haven 17juni2006.jpg|Huizen harbour
File:Huizen Naarderstraat tolhuis 96.JPG|Huizen Naarderstraat toll house
File:Huizen-kalkovens.jpg|Huizen-kalkovens
</gallery>
== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
*{{commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.huizen.nl/ Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Huizen
 | North     = [[Almere]] ([[Flevoland|FL]])<br>''[[Gooimeer]]''
 | East      = [[Blaricum]]
 | South     = [[Blaricum]]
 | Southwest = [[Hilversum]]
 | West      = [[Gooise Meren]]
}}
{{North Holland Province}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Huizen| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of North Holland]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Holland]]