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is a municipality and a town in the
Netherlands, in the province of
Utrecht.
Population centres
The municipality of Baarn consists of the following towns: Baarn,
Eembrugge,
Lage Vuursche.
The town Baarn
Baarn, the main town of the municipality, received
city rights in
1391. The town lies about 8 km east of
Hilversum.
In 2001, the town of Baarn counted 22871 inhabitants. The urban area of the town was 4.66 km² wide, and contained 10076 residences.
The royal family owns several houses around Baarn. The
Soestdijk Palace in Baarn was the home of
Queen Emma,
Queen Juliana and Juliana's husband prince
Bernard. Crown prince
Willem Alexander and his brothers attended school (
Nieuwe Baarnse School and
Baarnsch Lyceum) in Baarn when
Queen Beatrix (then princess) and her family lived at Castle
Drakesteijn in the village of Lage Vuursche, before they moved to
The Hague in 1980.
Baarn has nice shopping facilities, mainly located in the Laanstraat. Other places worth visiting include 'het Cantonspark' (a botanic Garden) and Kasteel (=castle) Groeneveld. In the north and west there are
polders, and the river
Eem. The woodlands south-west of Baarn, connecting Baarn to Soestdijk, are called 'Het Baarnsche Bos', have good possibilities for recreation.
To the south lay the connecting road towards the city of
Amersfoort, called 'Breemeentje'. This, approx. 10km long strecht of polder road, connects the town of Baarn to various roads in Soest and the industrial area of Amersfoort.
It has a railroad station, with trains going every half hour to
Utrecht (38 minutes)
Amersfoort (7 minutes) and
Amsterdam (about 45 minutes). The A1 highway runs close to Baarn.
Well-known people from Baarn
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