Aalten

Last updated • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Aalten
Aalten gemeentehuis.jpg
Aalten town hall
Flag of Aalten.svg
Coats of arms of Aalten (new).svg
Map - NL - Municipality code 0197 (2009).svg
Location in Gelderland
2010-NL-P05-Gelderland-positiekaart-gemnamen.jpg
Red pog.svg
Aalten
Netherlands location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Aalten
Europe blank laea location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Aalten
Coordinates: 51°56′N6°35′E / 51.933°N 6.583°E / 51.933; 6.583
Country Netherlands
Province Gelderland
Government
[1]
  Body Municipal council
   Mayor Anton Stapelkamp (CU)
Area
[2]
  Total97.05 km2 (37.47 sq mi)
  Land96.54 km2 (37.27 sq mi)
  Water0.51 km2 (0.20 sq mi)
Elevation
[3]
31 m (102 ft)
Highest elevation
[4]
41 m (135 ft)
Population
 (January 2021) [5]
  Total27,120
  Density281/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.nl
Topographic map of Aalten, June 2015 Gem-Aalten-OpenTopo.jpg
Topographic map of Aalten, June 2015

Aalten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːltə(n)] i ) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The former municipalities of Bredevoort (1818) and Dinxperlo (2005) have been merged with Aalten.

Contents

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. [6] 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 2,500 people. [7]

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.

Notable people

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leeuwarden</span> City and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands

Leeuwarden is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of the Provincial Council of Friesland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arnhem</span> City and municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands

Arnhem is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both banks of the rivers Nederrijn and Sint-Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem had a population of 163,972 on 1 December 2021, which made it one of the larger cities of the Netherlands. The municipality is part of the Arnhem–Nijmegen metropolitan area, which has a combined number of 774,506 inhabitants on 31 January 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gelderland</span> Province of the Netherlands

Gelderland, also known as Guelders in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of 5,136 km2 (1,983 sq mi) of which 173 km2 (67 sq mi) is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by total area. Gelderland shares borders with six other provinces and the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Enschede</span> City and Municipality in Overijssel, Netherlands

Enschede is a municipality and city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region. The eastern parts of the urban area reaches the border of the German city of Gronau.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roosendaal</span> Municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands

Roosendaal is both a city and a municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hengelo</span> Municipality in Overijssel, Netherlands

Hengelo is a city in the eastern part of the Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The city lies along the motorways A1/E30 and A35 and it has a station for the international Amsterdam – Hannover – Berlin service.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mook en Middelaar</span> Municipality in Limburg, Netherlands

Mook en Middelaar is a municipality in the upper southeastern part of the Netherlands, at the northern tip of the province of Limburg and is a part of Stadsregio Arnhem Nijmegen. The municipality is located about 100 km from provincial capital Maastricht and has an area of 18.81 km2 (7.26 sq mi) of which 1.43 km2 (0.55 sq mi) is water.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brummen</span> Municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands

Brummen is a municipality and a village in the eastern Netherlands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dinxperlo</span> Town and former municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands

Dinxperlo is a town and former municipality in the eastern Netherlands, situated directly at the Germany-Netherlands border.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Duiven</span> Municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands

Duiven is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. Duiven's name can be translated into English to mean "pigeons" or "doves". Although the coat of arms and logo of the municipality feature pigeons, the name is etymologically related to "dunes". The flag of the municipality of Duiven was granted and adopted on 25 June 1954.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ede, Netherlands</span> Town and Municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands

Ede is a municipality and a town in the centre of the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. As of 1 July 2021, Ede had 119,186 inhabitants.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Overbetuwe</span> Municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands

Overbetuwe is a municipality in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. It was formed on 1 January 2001 as a merger of three former municipalities: Elst, Heteren and Valburg. Overbetuwe is bordered in the north by the river Rhine and in the south by the river Waal. The city hall is located in Elst, the largest town in the municipality. Together with eighteen other municipalities it forms the 'Knooppunt Arnhem-Nijmegen', or simply 'KAN', which is a regional collaboration.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Huizen</span> Municipality in North Holland, Netherlands

Huizen is a municipality and a village in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Weesp</span> City in North Holland, Netherlands

Weesp is a city, an urban area in the municipality of Amsterdam in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It had a population of 20,445 in 2021. It lies on the river Vecht and next to the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal in an area called the Vechtstreek. The former municipality of Weesp merged with Amsterdam on 24 March 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zandvoort</span> Municipality in North Holland, Netherlands

Zandvoort is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach. It is bordered by coastal dunes of Zuid-Kennemerland National Park and the Amsterdam water supply dunes. It hosts the country's most prominent motor racing circuit, Circuit Zandvoort.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Varsseveld</span> Village in Gelderland, Netherlands

Varsseveld is a town in the Netherlands, located in the Dutch municipality of Oude IJsselstreek.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bredevoort</span> Place in Gelderland, Netherlands

Bredevoort is a small city with city privileges of about 1600 inhabitants in the municipality of Aalten, Netherlands. It is between the towns of Aalten and Winterswijk.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">De Heurne</span> Village in Gelderland, Netherlands

De Heurne is a village in the municipality of Aalten, near Dinxperlo, Province of Gelderland, in the east of the Netherlands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heurne</span> Hamlet in Gelderland, Netherlands

Heurne is a hamlet in the municipality of Aalten, near Aalten in the eastern Netherlands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Teunismolen, De Heurne</span> Dutch windmill

Teunismolen or De Haan is a smock mill in De Heurne, Gelderland, Netherlands which was built in 1822 and has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument.

References

  1. "Samenstelling college burgemeester en wethouders" [Mayor and Municipal Executive] (in Dutch). Gemeente Aalten. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  2. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. "Postcodetool for 7121CS". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  4. "Omgeving". 't Zondagsschoolhuusken.
  5. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  6. Martin Gilbert, 'The Holocaust' (1986), page 376,
  7. http://www.marline.nl/verzet.html Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine 'Marline: de infozine v/d Achterhoek'