Marken

Marken (; Marken's dialect: Mereke) is a village in the municipality of Waterland in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It had a population of 1,730 as of 2024, and occupies a peninsula in the Markermeer. It was, until 1957, an island in the former Zuiderzee. The characteristic wooden houses of Marken are a tourist attraction.

In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, Marken is referenced by 52 other articles, and connects out to Zuiderzee, municipality of the Netherlands and Netherlands.

The entry is geolocated on the map in NH, across 3 mapped points.

It sits within the topics Former islands of the Netherlands, Former municipalities of North Holland and Islands of North Holland.

Its subject is documented across 27 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Marken
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Kerkbuurt 20150413.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Marken in 2015
Settlement.image_flag: Marker vlag.svg
Settlement.image_seal: Marken-wapen.svg
Settlement.motto: <!--
Settlement.image_map: LocatieWaterland.png
Settlement.image_map1: Map NL - Waterland - Marken.png
Settlement.map_caption1: Top: location of the municipality of Waterland in North Holland and the Netherlands. Bottom: location of Marken in Waterland. -->
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality