What is "hoorn"

Hoorn is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is located on the IJsselmeer, 35 kilometres north of Amsterdam, and acquired city rights in 1357. Hoorn had a population of in . The area of the municipality is of which consists of water, mainly the Markermeer. The municipality consists of the following villages and/or districts: Blokker, Hoorn, Zwaag, and parts of Bangert and De Hulk.

Cape Horn, the most southerly point of the Americas, was named after the town by Willem Schouten, who rounded it in 1616. The Hoorn Islands of the Oceanian nation of Wallis and Futuna are also named after this city.

Hoorn may refer to:

• One of several towns in the Netherlands:
  • Hoorn, a city and municipality in North Holland.
  • Hoorn, South Holland, in the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn
  • Hoorn, Groningen, in the municipality of Bellingwedde
  • Hoorn, Gelderland, in the municipality of Heerde
  • Hoorn, Friesland or Hoarne, in the municipality island of Terschelling
• Hoorn Islands, French overseas territory in the south Pacific