Laren

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Laren

Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Coordinates	52.25° N 5.23° E
Area	12.37 km²
- Land	12.18 km²
- Water	0.19 km²
Population (2005)	11,674
- Density	958/km²
Mayor	E.J. Roest (D66)
Website	www.laren.nl

Laren (help·info) 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.

[Laren Basilica:[1],[2],[3]]

[edit] 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

[edit] Notable people born in Laren

Willemien Aardenburg (1966) – field hockey player

[edit] References

Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant

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