Werkendam
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Werkendam | |
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Former municipality, town | |
| Countryside in Werkendam Countryside in Werkendam | |
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| Coordinates: 51°48′N 4°54′E / 51.800°N 4.900°ECoordinates: 51°48′N 4°54′E / 51.800°N 4.900°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Brabant |
| Municipality | Altena |
| Merged | 2019 |
| Area | |
| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
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| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 11,215 |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Demonym(s) | Werkendammer |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 4250–4251[1] |
| Area code | 0183 |
Werkendam (nl) is a town and a former municipality in southern Netherlands. The municipality, part of Land van Heusden en Altena, contained a large part of De Biesbosch area as it is located in the province of North Brabant. On 1 January 2019 it joined Woudrichem and Aalburg in the new municipality of Altena.
Population centres
[edit | edit source]- Dussen
- Hank
- Nieuwendijk
- Sleeuwijk
- 't Zand
- Werkendam
Topography
[edit | edit source]Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Werkendam, 2013.
Transport
[edit | edit source]Public transport is by Veolia neighbourhood bus to Gorinchem through Sleeuwijk Tol, and by ferry to Boven-Hardinxveld.[3] 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.[3]
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841 in De Werken – 1914), Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1891–1894
- Anton Mussert (1894 in Werkendam – 1946), one of the founders of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB) and its formal leader (executed)
- Cornelis Pieter van den Hoek (1921 in Leerdam – 2015 in Werkendam), resistance fighter (line-crosser), lived in Werkendam
- Adri van Heteren (born 1951 in Gouda), SGP party chair and Christian minister (in Werkendam)
- Rebekka Kadijk (born 1979 in Werkendam), professional beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player, competed in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 4251VZ". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 (in Dutch) www.voetveren.nl
External links
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Media related to Werkendam at Wikimedia Commons- (in Dutch) Official website Archived 2018-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
Template:Geographic location Template:Dutch municipality Altena
- CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl)
- Articles with Dutch-language sources (nl)
- Use British English from May 2026
- Use dmy dates from May 2026
- Coordinates not on Wikidata
- Geography of Altena, North Brabant
- Land van Heusden en Altena
- Former municipalities of North Brabant
- Populated places in North Brabant
- Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019