6-733: Laren may refer to: Places [ edit ] Laarne , municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders, earlier referenced as Laren Laren, Gelderland , village in the Dutch municipality of Lochem Laren, North Holland , municipality and town in the Netherlands People [ edit ] Laren, a character from the Freddi Fish series Laren Sims (1966-2002), American criminal charged with first-degree murder in
12-676: Is 32.07 km . The current mayor of Laarne is Ignace De Baerdemaecker, from the VLD (Liberal) party. The village lies to the east of Ghent , near a former course of the River the Scheldt and is notable for its castle. The castle dates from the twelfth and later centuries, notably, the seventeenth, and has been sympathetically restored and re-furnished. The name arises from the Germanic hlaeri which signifies terrain seen as wooded and marshy . It
18-468: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Laarne Laarne ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlaːrnə] ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders . The municipality comprises the towns of Kalken [ nl ] and Laarne proper. On 1 January 2018, Laarne had a total population of 12,487. The total area
24-412: Is possible to speculate that the village originated in serving the castle, which in turn, guarded the river approach to Ghent from the sea. In the twelfth century, the river was less remote from the city than it is today. In 1040, Laarne was mentioned as Laren . The lordship passed by inheritance through the families of Schoutheete, Van Vilsteren and others, finally to the counts of Ribaucourt. The castle
30-462: The death of her husband, California attorney Larry McNabney Laren Stover , American author Ro Laren , fictional character on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation See also [ edit ] McLaren (disambiguation) , a racing team Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Laren . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
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