page_title: Egmond (municipality)
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Egmond (municipality) / References
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Egmond aan Zee, Leuchtturm
context_page_description: Egmond is a former municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. In 2001, it was merged with the municipalities of Schoorl and Bergen to form the municipality of Bergen. The three main villages in the former municipality are Egmond aan den Hoef, Egmond aan Zee and Egmond-Binnen. The place gave its name to the House of Egmond, who became the powerful protectors of Egmond Abbey, founded in the 9th-century in Egmond-Binnen, and who built their residence in Egmond aan den Hoef.
  The French philosopher René Descartes, author of Meditations on First Philosophy, lived in both Egmond aan den Hoef and Egmond-Binnen from April 1636 to September 1638 and again from May 1643 until the end of September 1649 before leaving for Sweden. His Les Météores, La Dioptrique and La Géométrie were published in the first period and his letters to Elisabeth of the Palatinate and Les Passions de l'âme were from the second period. Descartes lived longer in Egmond than in any other place in his life.
context_section_description: Places where Descartes lived
caption: Egmont from the sea
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