Hoorn

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Hoorn

Total population

72,493

Coordinates52.65°, 5.07°

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

Overview

Hoorn 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 (12 mi) east of Alkmaar and 35 kilometers (22 mi) north of Amsterdam. The municipality has just over 75,000 inhabitants and a land area of 20.38 km2 (7.87 sq mi), making it the third most densely populated municipality in North Holland after Haarlem and Amsterdam. Apart from the city of Hoorn, the municipality includes the villages of Blokker and Zwaag, as well as parts of the hamlets De Bangert, De Hulk and Munnickaij.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Jetse Bol

Dutch racing cyclist

Wil Hartog

Dutch motorcycle racer

Reinard Zandvoort

Dutch linguist and university professor (1894–1990)

C

Cornelis Wijdenes Spaans

Dutch mayor (1839-1925)

H

Henk Jonker

Dutch photographer (1912-2002)

J

Jan Steenbeek

Dutch jurist

Jan Koopman

Dutch priest (1919–1997)

Sonja Bakker

Dutch author of diet books (born 1974)

R

Ruud Kool

Dutch association football player

Hans Stam

K

Klaas Laan

Dutch politician (1862-1932)

A

Arie Bakker

G

Gijsbertus van Sandwijk

Dutch writer and teacher (1794-1871)

B

Bas Bervoets

Dutch speed skater

M

Mike Reus

Dutch actor (born 1971)

E

Ed Beers

Canadian ice hockey player

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

Nearby places in North Holland

• Blokker
  0.9 mi away · pop. 3,810
• Zwaag
  1 mi away · pop. 3,135
• Zwaagdijk-West
  1.7 mi away · pop. 586
• Oosterblokker
  2.2 mi away · pop. 1,495
• Schellinkhout
  2.4 mi away · pop. 824
• Nibbixwoud
  2.6 mi away · pop. 2,435
• Wognum
  2.8 mi away · pop. 5,966
• Scharwoude
  3.3 mi away · pop. 430
• Berkhout
  3.3 mi away · pop. 2,215
• Westwoud
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,802
• Wijdenes
  3.7 mi away · pop. 1,370
• Hauwert
  3.9 mi away · pop. 703

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 Hoorn

Hoorn des overvloeds

Sjek Venhuis · 1997

A True and perfect relation of the late and dreadful inundation which happened in Holland on Sunday Novemb. 3, 1675 at 4 of the clock afternoon, Saturn being then in opposition to Mars

1675

Tables for multi-server queues

L. P. Seelen · 1985

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Convolvulus Hawkmoth

Agrius convolvuli

Seen 2026-10-01

Domestic Greylag × Domestic Swan Goose

Anser anser domesticus × cygnoides domesticus

Seen 2026-09-30

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Seen 2026-09-29

Common Gull

Larus canus

Seen 2026-09-29

European Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

Seen 2026-09-29

Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago

Seen 2026-09-29

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Seen 2026-09-29

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-09-29

Eurasian Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

Seen 2026-09-29

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

Official Identifiers