Werkendam
Werkendam (
pronunciation ) is a town and a former municipality in the southern Netherlands. The municipality, part of Land van Heusden en Altena, contained a large part of De Biesbosch area as is located in the province of North Brabant. On January 1sth 2019 it joined Woudrichem and Aalburg in the new municipality of Altena.
Werkendam | |
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Former municipality, town | |
 Countryside in Werkendam | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg.png.webp) Location in North Brabant | |
| Coordinates: 51°48′N 4°54′E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Brabant |
| Municipality | Altena |
| Merged | 2019 |
| 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) |
| Demonym(s) | Werkendammer |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 4250–4255, 4270–4273 |
| Area code | 0183 |
| Website | www |
Population centres
- Dussen
- Hank
- Nieuwendijk
- Sleeuwijk
- 't Zand
- Werkendam
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Werkendam, 2013.
Transport
Public transport is by Veolia neighborhood 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
- 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
- "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.
- (in Dutch) www.voetveren.nl
External links
Media related to Werkendam at Wikimedia Commons- (in Dutch) Official website
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