Aalburg () is a former
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the southern
Netherlands
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, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
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, established_title = Before independence
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, in the province of
North Brabant
North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the w ...
. The municipality had been formed in 1973 by the merging of the former municipalities of
Eethen,
Veen Veen may refer to:
Surname
* Hans-Joachim Veen (born 1944), German political scientist
* Hendrik Veen (1823–1905), Dutch photographer in the Dutch East Indies
* (born 1937), Dutch ballet dancer and actress
* Stephan Veen (born 1970), Dutch fi ...
, and
Wijk en Aalburg.
On January 1, 2019 it joined
Werkendam
Werkendam () 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 ...
and
Woudrichem in the new municipality of
Altena
Altena (; Westphalian: ''Altenoa'') is a town in the district of Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town's castle is the origin for the later Dukes of Berg. Altena is situated on the Lenne river valley, in the northern stre ...
.
Population centres
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Babyloniënbroek
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Drongelen
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Eethen
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Genderen
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Meeuwen
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Veen Veen may refer to:
Surname
* Hans-Joachim Veen (born 1944), German political scientist
* Hendrik Veen (1823–1905), Dutch photographer in the Dutch East Indies
* (born 1937), Dutch ballet dancer and actress
* Stephan Veen (born 1970), Dutch fi ...
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Wijk en Aalburg (town hall)
Sport
Cycling
Aalburg hosted the annual
7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg, an elite women's road bicycle race since 2007.
References
External links
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Geography of Altena, North Brabant
Land van Heusden en Altena
Former municipalities of North Brabant
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019
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