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{{short description|Hamlet in North Holland, Netherlands}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Hargen
| settlement_type         = Hamlet
| other_name              = <!-- if different from name -->
| native_name             = <!-- if different from name -->
| native_name_lang        = nl
| image_skyline           = Der Strand von Hargen aan Zee (24800470157).jpg
| image_alt               =
| image_caption           = The beach at Hargen aan Zee
| image_flag              =
| image_shield            = 
| nickname                =
| motto                   =
| image_map               = 
| image_map1              = 
| map_caption1            = 
| 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        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Holland]]
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[Bergen, North Holland|Bergen]]
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 1873GA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 28 April 2022 |archive-date = 7 January 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190107082041/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 4.9
| elevation_min_m         =
| elevation_max_m         =
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="stat"/>
| area_total_km2          = 3.29
| established_title       = 
| established_date        = 
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=28 April 2022 |quote=combined with Groet}}</ref>
| population_total        = 1,530
| population_as_of        = 2021
| population_demonym      = 
| population_note         =
| population_density_km2  = auto
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 1873<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code               = 072
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|43|36|N|4|39|30|E|region:NL|display=inline, title}}
}}

'''Hargen''' is a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] in the [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] of [[Bergen, North Holland|Bergen]], in the provinces of [[North Holland]], the [[Netherlands]].

The hamlet was first mentioned between 822 and {{circa}} 825 as in Horgana, and means "sacred place".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/hargen |title=Hargen - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=28 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Hargen has no place signs, but there is a directional sign pointing to Hargen. It was home to 171 people in 1840.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/hargen |title=Hargen |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=28 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> The current population is difficult to determine, because it has been added to the much larger [[Groet]] in the statistics.<ref name="stat"/>

== References ==
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{{Dutch municipality Bergen, North Holland}}
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[[Category:Populated places in North Holland]]
[[Category:Bergen, North Holland]]


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