Gooise Meren

municipality in the Netherlands

Key facts

Country: Netherlands
Province: North Holland
Region: Amsterdam metropolitan area
Established: 1 January 2016
Body: Municipal council
Mayor: Han ter Heegde ( VVD )
Total: 75.22 km (29.04 sq mi)
Land: 41.59 km (16.06 sq mi)
Water: 33.63 km (12.98 sq mi)
Density: 1,407/km (3,640/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+1 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+2 ( CEST )
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Map of the municipality of Gooise Meren Gooise Meren ( pronounced [ˈɣoːisə ˈmeːrə(n)]) is a municipality in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands. It has about 58,000 inhabitants and covers an area of about 77 km (30 sq mi).

Gooise Meren has existed since 2016. It is a merger of the three former municipalities of Bussum, Muiden (including Muiderberg) 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.