Werkendam

Werkendam
Werkendam
Municipality
	Countryside in Werkendam
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in North Brabant
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Sjoukje Haasjes-van den Berg (acting) (VVD)
Area
• Total	121.76 km2 (47.01 sq mi)
• Land	104.57 km2 (40.37 sq mi)
• Water	17.19 km2 (6.64 sq mi)
Elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (January 2021)
• Total	data missing
Demonym	Werkendammer
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	4250–4255, 4270–4273
Area code	0183
Website	www.werkendam.nl

Werkendam (pronunciation^ⓘ) is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. The municipality, part of Land van Heusden en Altena, contains a large part of De Biesbosch area as is located in the province of North Brabant.

Population centres

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Werkendam, 2013.

View of Werkendam and the Nieuwe Merwede river.

Public transport is by Veolia neighborhood bus to Gorinchem through Sleeuwijk Tol, and by ferry to Boven-Hardinxveld.^[5] The bus between Utrecht and Breda, and the bus between Gorinchem and Den Bosch goes through Sleeuwijk Tol.

For road traffic to Dordrecht there is a ferry to cross the Nieuwe Merwede river.^[5]

^ "Burgemeester drs. C.G.J. (Carla) Breuer" (in Dutch). Gemeente Werkendam. Retrieved 9 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 4251VZ". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 9 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b Template:Nl www.voetveren.nl

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