Loenen

Loenen

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Loenen


mapsize = 280px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Netherlands
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Utrecht
leader_name = P.J.M. Rombouts
leader_party = PvdA
area_footnotes = (2006)
area_total_km2 = 27.32
area_land_km2 = 25.00
area_water_km2 = 2.32
population_as_of = 1 January, 2007
population_note = Source: CBS, [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline] .
settlement_type = Municipality
population_total = 8222
population_density_km2 = 329
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 52.22
latNS = N
longd = 5.02
longEW = E
website = [http://www.loenen.nl www.loenen.nl]

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Population centres

The municipality of Loenen consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Loenen aan de Vecht, Loenersloot, Nieuwersluis, Nigtevecht, Vreeland.

The village of Loenen

Loenen aan de Vecht (coord|52|13|N|5|1|E|type:city(3234)) is the main town in the municipality of Loenen. It lies about 10 km west of Hilversum.

In 2001, the village of Loenen aan de Vecht had 3234 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.59 km², and contained 1328 residences.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.]

Trivia

The earliest traceable mention of the game of golf refers to a game played in Loenen aan de Vecht. In his book Early Golf Steven van Hengel describes how the game of Colf or Kolf was played in 1297 near the castle of Kronenburg. The players had to hit the castle door in as few strikes as possible from the Court House by hitting a ball with a stick.

References

* Statistics are taken from the [http://www.sdu.nl/staatscourant/gemeentes/gem290u.htm SDU Staatscourant]

External links

* [http://www.loenen.nl/ Official website]
* [http://www.plattegronden.nl/loenenadvecht/index.html A map of Loenen aan de Vecht]
* [http://www.plattegronden.nl/gemeenteabcoude/index.html A map of the municipality]
* [http://www.castles.info/netherlands/loenersloot/ Castle of Loenersloot] - history of the castle


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