Editing Laren, North Holland

{{distinguish|Laren, Gelderland}}
{{Infobox settlement 
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Laren
| settlement_type         = [[Dorp (town)|Town]] and [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = Day 216 - panoramio (1).jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Laren town centre
| image_flag              = Flag of Laren, North Holland.svg
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| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Laren in a municipal map of North Holland
| map_caption             = Location in North Holland
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| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Holland]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url         = https://www.laren.nl/Bestuur/College/Burgemeester_en_wethouders/Burgemeester_N_Mol
 |title       = Burgemeester N. Mol
 |language    = nl-NL
 |publisher   = Gemeente Laren
 |access-date  = 25 April 2020
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Nanning Mol]]
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Laren}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Laren}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
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 |title=Postcodetool for 1251NA 
 |language=nl 
 |work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland 
 |publisher=Het Waterschapshuis 
 |access-date=18 March 2014 
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 |archive-date=21 September 2013 
}}</ref>
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| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Laren}}
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| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Laren}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Laarder, Larenaar
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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             = 1250–1252
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 035
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.laren.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
[[File:Gem-Laren-OpenTopo.jpg|275px|thumb|''Topographic map of Laren, 2015'']]

'''Laren''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈlaːrə(n)|-|408 Laren.ogg}}) is a [[Dorp (town)|town]] and [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|province]] of [[North Holland]], [[Netherlands]]. Located in the [[Gooi]] region, it is the oldest town in the area. Together with its neighbor [[Blaricum]], Laren is one of the most affluent towns in the Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws/2019/47/vermogen-van-huishoudens-opnieuw-gestegen|title= Vermogen van huishoudens opnieuw gestegen|date=2019-11-18|website=CBS|language=nl|access-date=2020-04-21}}</ref>

Nationally, Laren is well known for its history as a late 19th-century [[art colony]], preserved in the museum [[Singer Laren]], its retirement home for elderly artists [[Rosa Spier Huis]], as well as its wide array of shops. Laren is part of the [[Amsterdam metropolitan area]], situated east of [[Amsterdam]].

== Government ==

The [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|municipal council]] of Laren consists of 15 seats, which since 2022 are divided as follows:
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
* Larens Behoud – 4 seats
* [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]] – 4 seats
* Liberaal Laren – 2 seats
* [[Democrats 66|D66]] – 2 seats
* Groen Laren – 2 seats
* [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]] – 1 seat
}}

==Demographics==
In 2007, Laren had the following demographic data:

*Birth rate: 7.29 per 1,000
*Death rate: 17.94 per 1,000
*NGR: -1.07% per year<ref>[http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLEN&PA=37259ENG&D1=1-2&D2=0,20,24,33,38,154,262,325,818,1143-1146&D3=a&D4=a,!0-39&LA=EN&VW=T Statline.cbs.nl], Laren page.</ref>

In August 2017, there were 11,135 inhabitants in Laren. The municipality has a population density of {{convert|897|/km2|/mi2|disp=preunit|people|people|abbr=on}}.

==Notable residents==
=== The arts ===
* {{Ill|Johan Briedé|nl}} (1885–1980) artist, illustrated [[H. G. Wells]]' books
* [[M.C. Escher|Maurits Cornelis Escher]] (1898–1972), graphic artist, illustrator and printmaker, lived in [[Rosa Spier Huis]] from 1970 
* [[Barthold Fles]] (1902–1989) a Dutch-American literary agent, author and translator; lived in [[Rosa Spier Huis]] from 1986
* [[Maarten Krabbé]] (1908 in Laren – 2005) a Dutch painter and art educator
* [[Hannie Lips]] (1924 – 2012 in Laren) a broadcaster and TV announcer<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0513709/  IMDb Database] retrieved 31 January 2020</ref> 
* [[Anton Mauve]] (1838–1888), painter, [[Hague School]] & [[Laren School]], lived in Laren 1886/1888
* [[Johnny de Mol]] (born 1979 in Laren) a Dutch actor and presenter<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0596394/  IMDb Database] retrieved 31 January 2020</ref>
* [[Albert Neuhuys]] (1844–1914), painter [[Laren School]]
* [[Roberto Vander]] (born 1950 in Laren) a Dutch-Chilean actor and singer<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0888728/  IMDb Database] retrieved 31 January 2020</ref>
* [[Saar de Swart]] (1861–1951) a Dutch sculptor
* Vincent Willem van Gogh ( art collector) 

=== Public service ===
* [[Jan van den Brink]] (1915 in Laren – 2006) a Dutch politician and businessman
* [[Gerard Croiset]] (1909 in Laren – 1980) a Dutch [[parapsychologist]], [[psychometrist]] and [[psychic]]
* [[Paul Joan George Kapteyn]] (born 1928 in Laren) a judge at the [[European Court of Justice]]
* [[Pim van Lommel]] (born 1943 in Laren) a Dutch cardiologist, author and researcher into [[near-death studies]]
* [[Maria Montessori]] (1870–1952) an Italian physician and education reformer, lived in Laren 1936/1939
* [[Roelof Nelissen]] (1931–2019) a Dutch politician and businessman; lived in Laren
* [[Mona Louise Parsons]] (1901–1976) a Canadian actress, nurse and member of an informal [[Dutch resistance]] network
* [[Elbert Roest]] (born 1954) a Dutch historian, politician, former teacher and former mayor of Laren
* [[Henk Zanoli]] (1923 in Laren – 2015) a lawyer and member of the [[Dutch resistance]] in WWII

=== Sport ===
* [[Willemien Aardenburg]] (born 1966 in Laren) a former Dutch field hockey player, team bronze medallist the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Thomas Boerma]] (born 1981 in Laren) a field hockey player, competed at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Jacobine Veenhoven]] (born 1984 in Laren) a Dutch female rower, team bronze medallist at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Marcel van der Westen]] (born 1976 in Laren) a retired Dutch hurdler

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed>
Image:Laren Brink 17juni2006.jpg|Town centre
Image:HervormdeKerkLaren.png|''De Hervormde Kerk''
File:Laren DSCF0253.JPG|Laren
File:Laren, de Sint Jansbasiliek RM511274 foto6 2014-09-03 13.38.jpg|Laren, basilica: ''de Sint Jansbasiliek''
Image:CoeswaerdeLaren.png|The Coeswaerde
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Laren, North Holland}}
*[http://www.laren.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Laren
 | North     = [[Blaricum]]
 | East      = [[Eemnes]] ([[Utrecht (province)|UT]])
 | Southeast = [[Baarn]] ([[Utrecht (province)|UT]])
 | South     = [[Hilversum]]
 | West      = [[Hilversum]]
}}
{{North Holland Province}}
{{Authority control}}

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


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