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Naarden
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| Naarden | |
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| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Holland |
| Area (2006) | |
| - Municipality | 32.89 km² (12.7 sq mi) |
| - Land | 21.38 km² (8.3 sq mi) |
| - Water | 11.51 km² (4.4 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2007) | |
| - Municipality | 17,174 |
| - Density | 803/km² (2,079.8/sq mi) |
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Website: www.naarden.nl | |
Naarden is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Naarden received city rights around 1300. The town is fortified with walls and a moat, which are, quite remarkably, both complete and in a very good state. More specifically, Naarden is an example of a star fort.
In Naarden is the sepulchre of Jan Ámos Komenský.
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The municipal council of Naarden consists of 17 seats, which are divided as follows:
- VVD - 6 seats
- CDA - 3 seats
- GroenLinks - 4 seats
- PvdA - 3 seats
- D66 - 1 seat
- Willem Arondeus (1894-1943) – artist and author
- Bertil Schmüll (1946) – engraver
- Annemarie Groen (1955) – backstroke swimmer
- Tom van 't Hek (1958) – field hockey player and coach
- Naarden
- Weblog Mayor of Naarden Dr. J.P. Rehwinkel
- Stichting Fotofestival Naarden Official site
- Fotofestival Naarden Festival-OFF
- Historic Harbour Naarden in Dutch
- Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant
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