Blaricum

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Blaricum

Total population

10,201

Elevation4 m

Land area15.59 km²

Coordinates52.27°, 5.24°

Demographic figures from CBS Netherlands. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Blaricum is a municipality and village in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands. It is part of the region of Gooiland and part of the Metropolitan Region Amsterdam. It is known for its many monumental farm buildings, local cafes and restaurants, nature, several annual community events, and extensive up-market residential areas.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Tjalling Koopmans

Dutch American economist (1910–1985)

Davy Klaassen

Dutch association football player (born 1993)

Princess Irene of the Netherlands

Dutch princess; second child of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard (born 1939)

Nel van Vliet

Dutch swimmer (1926-2006)

Emmy Lopes Dias

Dutch actress (1919–2005)

Joop den Uyl

Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1919–1987)

Max Werner

Dutch singer and drummer

E

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor (1953–1987)

P

Piet Wijn

Dutch comics creator (1929–2010)

B

Bessel Kok

Dutch businessman and chess organiser

Princess Christina of the Netherlands

Dutch princess (1947-2019)

Arjen Lucassen

Dutch musician (born 1960)

Linda de Mol

Dutch actor and television presenter (born 1964)

André Rouvoet

Dutch politician

Pim Jacobs

Dutch musician (1934-1996)

Geertje Wielema

swimmer (1934–2009)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in North Holland

• Laren
  1.4 mi away · pop. 11,088
• Huizen
  1.7 mi away · pop. 41,401
• Bussum
  3.4 mi away · pop. 33,220
• Naarden
  3.8 mi away · pop. 17,545
• Hilversum
  4.5 mi away · pop. 93,345
• 's-Graveland
  5.3 mi away · pop. 1,205
• Kortenhoef
  6 mi away · pop. 6,755
• Ankeveen
  6.1 mi away · pop. 1,490
• Muiderberg
  6.6 mi away · pop. 1,595
• Nieuw-Loosdrecht
  6.7 mi away · pop. 6,505
• Oud-Loosdrecht
  8.2 mi away · pop. 2,020
• Muiden
  8.4 mi away · pop. 4,580

Browse all places in North Holland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Blaricum

De hut van Mondriaan

Martijn F. Le Coultre · 2015

De wereld in een dorp

Lien Heyting · 1994

Computers in mathematical research

R. F. Churchhouse · 1968

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-05-31

viper's-bugloss

Echium vulgare

Seen 2026-05-31

small bugloss

Anchusa arvensis

Seen 2026-05-31

Redstem Stork's-bill

Erodium cicutarium

Seen 2026-05-31

common comfrey

Symphytum officinale

Seen 2026-05-31

common alkanet

Anchusa officinalis

Seen 2026-05-31

Common Redstart

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Seen 2026-05-30

Cantharis obscura

Cantharis obscura

Seen 2026-05-30

Cantharis livida

Cantharis livida

Seen 2026-05-30

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers