Gooise Meren

Map of the municipality of Gooise Meren

Gooise Meren is a municipality in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands. It has about 56,000 inhabitants and covers an area of about 77 km². It makes part of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area.

Gooise Meren has existed since 2016. It is a merger of the former municipalities of Bussum, Muiden, and Naarden. Eastern (Naarden area) and southern part (Bussum area) of the municipality lie within the Gooi region, western part (Muiden area) lies within the Vechtstreek region.

The very northern part of the Utrecht Hill Ridge, lake Naardermeer and artificial island Pampus are situated within its boundaries.

Gooise Meren borders in the northwest on lake IJmeer, in the northeast on lake Gooimeer. The Vecht river empties into the IJmeer at Muiden, and also the northern end of the former Hollandic Water Line ends in Muiden.

Politics

The municipal council consists of 31 seats, which are divided as follows:

The municipal executive consists of an acting mayor (Albertine van Vliet-Kuiper, D66) and five aldermen (2 VVD, 1 CDA, 1 D66, 1 GroenLinks).

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Coordinates: 52°17′00″N 5°10′00″E / 52.2833°N 5.1667°E / 52.2833; 5.1667

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