Aalburg
Aalburg | |
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Former municipality | |
 Church in Aalburg | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in North Brabant | |
| Coordinates: 51°46′N 5°8′E / 51.767°N 5.133°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Brabant |
| Established | 1973 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Fons Naterop (CDA) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 53.17 km2 (20.53 sq mi) |
| • Land | 50.41 km2 (19.46 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2.76 km2 (1.07 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[4] | |
| • Total | data missing |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 4260–4269 |
| Area code | 0416 |
| Website | www |
Aalburg () is a former municipality in the southern Netherlands. The municipality was formed in 1973 by the merging of the former municipalities of Eethen, Veen, and Wijk en Aalburg.[5] On January 1sth 2019 it joined Werkendam and Woudrichem in the new municipality of Altena.
Population centres
- Babyloniënbroek
- Drongelen
- Eethen
- Genderen
- Meeuwen
- Veen
- Wijk en Aalburg (town hall)
Sport
Cycling
Aalburg host annually the 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg, an elite women's road bicycle race since 2007.
References
- ^ "Burgemeester" [Mayor] (in Dutch). Gemeente Aalburg. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 4261BE". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
External links
Media related to Aalburg at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
Places adjacent to Aalburg | |
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