De Goorn | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Native Name Lang: | nl |
Image Map1: | Map NL - Wester-Koggenland - De Goorn.svg |
Map Caption1: | The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of De Goorn in the municipality of Wester-Koggenland.--> |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | North Holland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Koggenland |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | -2.3 |
Area Total Km2: | 3.52 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 3,610 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 1648 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0229 |
Coordinates: | 52.6303°N 4.9444°W |
De Goorn is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Koggenland, and lies about 9 km west of Hoorn.
The village was first mentioned around 1312 as "den Gore", and means "swampy forest ground".[3] De Goorn was home to 98 people in 1840. In 1930, the Catholic Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church was built by Joseph Cuypers and his son Pierre jr.[4]