- 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]".
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 GolfSteven van Hengel describes how the game of Colf or Kolf was played in 1297 near the castle ofKronenburg . 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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