Aalten
Aalten | |
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![]() Aalten town hall | |
![]() Location in Gelderland | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | Gelderland |
Government | |
• Body | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Bert Berghoef (CDA) |
Area | |
• Total | 97.05 km2 (37.47 sq mi) |
• Land | 96.54 km2 (37.27 sq mi) |
• Water | 0.51 km2 (0.20 sq mi) |
Elevation | 31 m (102 ft) |
Population (January 2021)[4] | |
• Total | 27,120 |
• Density | 281/km2 (730/sq mi) |
Demonym | Aaltenaar |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postcode | 7090–7095, 7120–7126 |
Area code | 0315, 0543 |
Website | www |
Aalten () is a municipality and a village in the eastern Netherlands. The former municipalities of Bredevoort (1818) and Dinxperlo (2005) have been merged with Aalten.
Notable inhabitants of Aalten include Angus Young, guitarist of the Australian rock band AC/DC, and Robert Gesink, a professional road bicycle racer. During World War II, 51 of Aalten's 85 Jews were hidden by local non-Jews, and thereby survived the war.[5] According to the War and Resistance Museum in Aalten, the village had the highest number of people in hiding during World War II. The village of approximately 13,000 residents hid some 2500 people.[6]
Population centres
- Aalten
- Barlo
- Bredevoort
- Dale
- De Heurne
- Dinxperlo
- Haart
- Heurne
- Hollenberg
- IJzerlo
- 't Klooster
- Lintelo
Transportation
Aalten railway station serves Aalten and the surrounding area. There is a half-hourly service between Arnhem and Winterswijk, which stops at this station. Arnhem railway station has services to Amsterdam, Amsterdam Airport, Utrecht, Nijmegen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Breda, Tilburg and to cities in Germany.
Aalten also has an hourly bus service to Ruurlo and to Zelhem.
Gallery
References
- ^ "Samenstelling college burgemeester en wethouders" (in Dutch). Gemeente Aalten. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
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- ^ "Postcodetool for 7121CS". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
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(help) - ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Martin Gilbert, 'The Holocaust' (1986), page 376,
- ^ http://www.marline.nl/verzet.html 'Marline: de infozine v/d Achterhoek'
External links
Media related to Aalten at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website