Aalten

Aalten
Municipality

Aalten town hall

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Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Aalten in a municipal map of Gelderland
Location in Gelderland
Coordinates: 51°56′N 6°35′E / 51.933°N 6.583°E / 51.933; 6.583Coordinates: 51°56′N 6°35′E / 51.933°N 6.583°E / 51.933; 6.583
Country Netherlands
Province Gelderland
Government[1]
 • Body Municipal council
 • Mayor Bert Berghoef (CDA)
Area[2]
 • Total 97.03 km2 (37.46 sq mi)
 • Land 96.51 km2 (37.26 sq mi)
 • Water 0.52 km2 (0.20 sq mi)
Elevation[3] 31 m (102 ft)
Population (February 2017)[4]
 • Total 27,008
 • Density 280/km2 (700/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Aaltenaar
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode 7090–7095, 7120–7126
Area code 0315, 0543
Website www.aalten.nl
Topographic map of Aalten, June 2015

Aalten ( pronunciation ) 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

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Samenstelling college burgemeester en wethouders" [Members board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Aalten. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Postcodetool for 7121CS". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  5. ↑ Martin Gilbert, 'The Holocaust' (1986), page 376,
  6. ↑ http://www.marline.nl/verzet.html 'Marline: de infozine v/d Achterhoek'
Adjacent places of Aalten
 Oost Gelre
Oude IJsselstreek Winterswijk
   Aalten  
Isselburg (DE-NW) Bocholt (DE-NW)


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