Huizen

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Huizen

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Huizen haven 17juni2006.jpg

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Harbour of Huizen

| image_flag = Huizen vlag.svg

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| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0406 (2009).svg

| map_alt = Highlighted position of Huizen in a municipal map of North Holland

| map_caption = Location in North Holland

| coordinates = {{coord|52|18|N|5|15|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = North Holland

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = Amsterdam metropolitan area

| government_footnotes = {{cite web

|url = http://www.huizen.nl/bestuur/burgemeester-mr-aph-hertog_3285/

|title = Burgemeester mr. A.Ph. Hertog

|language = nl

|publisher = Gemeente Huizen

|access-date = 11 March 2014

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140311164844/http://www.huizen.nl/bestuur/burgemeester-mr-aph-hertog_3285/

|archive-date = 11 March 2014

|url-status = dead

}}

| governing_body = Municipal council

| leader_party = VVD

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Niek Meijer

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}

| area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|Huizen}}

| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Huizen}}

| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Huizen}}

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web

|url=http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool

|title=Postcodetool for 1276KB

|language=nl

|work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland

|publisher=Het Waterschapshuis

|access-date=11 March 2014

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool

|archive-date=21 September 2013

}}

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| population_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}

| population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|Huizen}}

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| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Huizen}}

| population_demonym = Huizenaar, Huizer

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postcode

| postal_code = 1270–1277

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 035

| website = {{URL|1=http://www.huizen.nl}}

| footnotes =

}}

Huizen ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦœyzə(n)|pron|Nl-Huizen.ogg}}) is a municipality and a village in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands.

The name "Huizen" is Dutch for "houses" and this usage has been linked to the belief that the first stone houses in the region, instead of the more common sod houses of the time, appeared here. Huizen is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam.

History

Huizen was originally an agricultural village, near the Zuiderzee until 1932. During winter the farmers went fishing, which started the development from an agricultural to a coastal village with a thriving fishing industry, stimulated by building the harbour around 1850. After the damming of the Zuiderzee in 1932, the old sea became a lake, and economic activity shifted towards industry and commerce.

In the 1960s the town was designated to build substantially large residential areas, to overcome the housing shortage in the region. From then on, the village took on an influx of people and grew rapidly.

Where the Phohi-flat now stands in Huizen, before World War II was a large transmitter intended to contact the Dutch East Indies, some 12.000 km away.

A post mill that stood in Huizen was dismantled in 1916. It was re-erected in 1919 at the Netherlands Open Air Museum, Arnhem, Gelderland.

Topography

Huizen is part of the Gooi area, well known as the home of the rich and famous.

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Map of Huizen, March 2014.

Local government

File:Huizen, de Oude Kerk RM22719 foto1 2014-03-09 14.37.jpg

The municipal council of Huizen consists of 27 seats, which at the 2022 municipal elections divided as follows:{{Cite web |date=16 March 2022 |title=Huizen municipal election 2022 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20220316/731100|access-date=26 April 2024|website=www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}

{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|

VVD - 5 seats
Leefbaar Huizen - 4 seats
Dorpsbelangen Huizen - 4 seats
CDA - 3 seats
D66 - 3 seats
PvdA - 2 seats
GroenLinks - 2 seats
ChristenUnie - 2 seats
SGP - 1 seat
Transparant Huizen - 1 seat

}}

Transport

With its population of close to 42,000, Huizen is one of the larger Dutch towns without railway connection. On a national level, it's preceded by Drachten and Oosterhout.

Notable people

File:Willem Oltmans (1973).jpg

Henk Bos (1901–1979) a Dutch painter
Karel Voous (1920–2002) a Dutch ornithologist and author
Willem Oltmans (1925–2004) a Dutch investigative journalist and author
Dorret Boomsma (born 1957 in Huizen) a Dutch biological psychologist specializing in genetics and twin studies
Arnoud Boot (born 1960) a Dutch economist and academic
Femke Merel van Kooten (born 1983) a Dutch politician, former member of the Dutch House of Representatives and leader of Splinter