Hoorn, North Holland, Netherlandsi

Regional Level Types
Hoorn	Municipality
North Holland	Province
Netherlands	Country

Hoorn (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦoːr(ə)n]) is a city and municipality in the northwest of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the largest town and the traditional capital of the region of West Friesland. Hoorn is located on the Markermeer, 20 kilometers (ca. 12 mi) east of Alkmaar and 35 kilometers (ca. 22 mi) north of Amsterdam. The municipality has a land area of 20.38 km² (7.87 sq mi). Apart from the city of Hoorn, the municipality includes the villages of Blokker and Zwaag, as well as parts of the hamlets De Bangert [nl], De Hulk and Munnickaij [nl].

Hoorn is well known in the Netherlands for its rich history. The town acquired city rights in 1357 and flourished during the Dutch Golden Age. In this period, Hoorn developed into a prosperous port city, being home to one of the six chambers of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Towards the end of the eighteenth century, however, it started to become increasingly more difficult for Hoorn to keep competing with nearby Amsterdam. Ultimately, it lost its function as port city and became a regional center of trade, mainly serving the smaller villages of West Friesland. Nowadays, Hoorn is a city with modern residential areas and a historic city center that, due to its proximity to Amsterdam, is sometimes considered to be part of the Randstad metropolitan area. Cape Horn and the Hoorn Islands were both named after this city.

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Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoorn
Wikidata ID:	Q9938
GeoNames ID:	2753635