Laren (helpinfo) 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 richest towns in the Netherlands, along with its neighbour Blaricum. Nationally, Laren is well-known for its wide array of clothing shops, whose patrons are often looked down upon by the locals.
Local government
The municipal council of Laren consists of 15 seats, which are divided as follows:
- VVD - 4 seats
- Larens Behoud - 5 seats
- CDA - 3 seats
- PvdA - 2 seats
- ( Liberals)) Liberaal Laren - 1 seat
Also, Laren can commonly be associated with Lauren Smith whose nickname is "The Laren".
Notable people born in Laren
Gallery

Laren center The Coeswaerde | 
Laren center Hervormde Kerk |
References
Motto
"Je maintiendrai" (French)
"Ik zal handhaven" (Dutch)
"I shall stand fast"1
Anthem
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Provincie Noord-Holland
Province of North Holland
Flag Coat of arms
Capital Haarlem
Largest city Amsterdam
Queen's Commissioner Mr. H.C.J.L.
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Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. The term
Surface area is the summation of the areas of the exposed sides of an object.
Units
Units for
measuring surface area include:
- square metre = SI derived unit
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square kilometer), symbol
km², is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of surface area, the square metre, one of the SI derived units. 1 km² is equal to:
- 1,000,000 m²
- 100 ha (hectare)
Conversely:
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January 1 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining. The preceding day is December 31 of the previous year.
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2007 by topic:
News by month
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
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Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, humans in particular.
Biological population densities
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time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. Most adjacent time zones are exactly one hour apart, and by convention compute their local time as an offset from UTC (see also Greenwich Mean Time).
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Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in most European and some North African countries.
Its time offset is UTC+1. During daylight saving time CEST is used instead (UTC+2).
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UTC+1 is used in the following locations:
- Central European Time
- West Africa Time
- Western European Summer Time*
- British Summer Time*
- Irish Summer Time*
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Central European Summer Time (CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in most European and some North African countries. During the winter, Central European Time (UTC+1) is used.
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UTC+2 corresponds to the following time zones:
- Eastern European Time
- Egypt Standard Time
- Central Africa Time
- Israel Standard Time
- South Africa Standard Time
- Central European Summer Time
- West Africa Summer Time
..... Click the link for more information. Motto
"Je maintiendrai" (French)
"Ik zal handhaven" (Dutch)
"I shall stand fast"1
Anthem
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Provincie Noord-Holland
Province of North Holland
Flag Coat of arms
Capital Haarlem
Largest city Amsterdam
Queen's Commissioner Mr. H.C.J.L.
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The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) (Dutch: Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) is a Dutch liberal political party. The VVD is the most vociferous supporter of private enterprise in the Netherlands — although supportive of the
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The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) (Dutch: Christen Democratisch Appèl) is a Dutch Christian-democratic political party. The party is currently the biggest coalition partner in the fourth Balkenende cabinet.
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The Labour Party (Dutch: Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA), literally "Party of the Labour") is a social-democratic political party in the Netherlands. Since the general election in 2003, the PvdA is the second largest political party in the Netherlands.
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Olympic medal record
Competitor for Netherlands
Women's Field Hockey
Bronze 1988 Seoul Women's Competition
Willemien Aardenburg (born August 30, 1966 in Laren, Noord-Holland) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who won the bronze medal
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Provincie Noord-Holland
Province of North Holland
Flag Coat of arms
Capital Haarlem
Largest city Amsterdam
Queen's Commissioner Mr. H.C.J.L.
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Aalsmeer
Coordinates:
Country Netherlands
Province North Holland
Area (2006)
- Municipality 32.24 km (0 sq mi)
- Land 20.
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Alkmaar
Coordinates:
Country Netherlands
Province North Holland
Area (2006)
- Municipality 31.22 km (0 sq mi)
- Land 29.
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Amstelveen
Flag
Coat of arms
Coordinates:
Country Netherlands
Province North Holland
Area (2006)
- Municipality 44.
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Amsterdam
Canal houses alongside the Prinsengracht
Flag
Coat of arms
Nickname: Mokum
Motto: Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig
(Valiant, Determined, Compassionate)
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Andijk
Coordinates:
Country Netherlands
Province North Holland
Area (2006)
- Municipality 47.69 km (0 sq mi)
- Land 21.
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Anna Paulowna
Coordinates:
Country Netherlands
Province North Holland
Area (2006)
- Municipality 78.81 km (0 sq mi)
- Land 74.
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Beemster
Flag
Coat of arms
Coordinates:
Country Netherlands
Province North Holland
Area (2006)
- Municipality 72.
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Bennebroek
Coordinates:
Country Netherlands
Province North Holland
Area (2006)
- Municipality 1.79 km (0 sq mi)
- Land 1.
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