Editing Maarn

{{short description|Town in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands}}
{{Infobox settlement
|settlement_type    = [[Town]]
|image_map          = Locatie Utrechtse Heuvelrug.png
|image_map1         = Locatie Maarn 2005.png
|map_caption        = The former municipality of Maarn
|subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name   = [[Netherlands]]
|subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
|subdivision_name1  = [[Utrecht (province)|Utrecht]]
|subdivision_type2  = [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name2  = [[Utrechtse Heuvelrug]]
|image_skyline      = Huize 't Stort - 1.jpg
|image_caption      = Huize 't Stort
|population         = 4769
|population_as_of   = 1 January 2021
|blank_name_sec1    = Transport
|blank1_name_sec1   = Major roads
|blank1_info_sec1   = A12, N227
|area_code          = 0343
|postal_code        = 3950, 3951
|image_shield       = Maarn wapen.svg
|image_flag         = Maarn vlag.svg
|coordinates        = {{Coord|52|4|N|5|22|E|type:city(4071)|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Maarn''' is a town in the [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] of [[Utrechtse Heuvelrug]] in the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Dutch province]] of [[Utrecht (province)|Utrecht]]. It is located about 10&nbsp;km (6.2&nbsp;mi) east of [[Zeist]].

In 2001, the town of Maarn had 4,071 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 1.26&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>; it contained 1,793 residences.<ref name="CBS">Statistics Netherlands (CBS), ''Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001'' [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm Statistics are for the continuous built-up area] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060319070600/http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm |date=2006-03-19 }}, retrieved on 2009-10-15.</ref> Until 2006, Maarn was its own municipality, covering both Maarn and neighbouring [[Maarsbergen]].

Maarn is a small town in the heart of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug, a protected nature reserve in the Netherlands. The town and its surroundings have approximately 8,000 inhabitants, a small centre and are probably best known for tourism to the numerous camp-sites that surround the town.

== History ==
Maarn was built in 1921 for the workers who worked in the sand excavation of the Dutch Railways. In 2003 municipality was renovated according to current standards and regulations.

== Transportation ==
Railway station: [[Maarn railway station|Maarn]]

== Gallery ==
{|
|[[File:Raadhuis Maarn.jpg|Former Maarn Town Hall|thumb]]
|[[File:Maarn, de Sint Theresiakerk foto1 2012-05-27 15.34.JPG|Church: Sint Theresiakerk|thumb]]
|[[File:Maarn, straatzicht het 5 mei-plein foto2 2012-05-27 15.48.JPG|Square: Het 5 mei-plein|thumb]]
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040818224634/http://www.plattegronden.nl/gemeentemaarn/ Map]

{{Dutch municipality Utrechtse Heuvelrug}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2006]]
[[Category:Populated places in Utrecht (province)]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Utrecht (province)]]
[[Category:Utrechtse Heuvelrug]]