Heurne is a hamlet in the municipality of

Aalten Aalten () is a municipality and a town 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 ro ...

, near Aalten (

Achterhoek The Achterhoek (; Dutch Low Saxon: ''Achterhook'') is a cultural region in the Eastern Netherlands. Its name (meaning "rear-corner") is geographically appropriate because the area lies in the easternmost part of the province of Gelderland and ther ...

region) in the eastern

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. It was first mentioned in 1492 as Horne, and means "bent f a hill. The postal authorities have placed it under Aalten. In 1840, it was home to 274 people. Heurne has a village centre, "D'n Heurnsen Tref" and is known of the border crossing Heurne-. Across the Heurne lies the Hamelandroute. Heurne does not have a centre, only a few stores at the border crossing. To avoid confusion with

De Heurne De Heurne is a village in the municipality of Aalten, near Dinxperlo (Achterhoek region), Province of Gelderland, in the east of the Netherlands. The village was first mentioned in 1841 as "Beggelder en Heurne", and means "means bent f a hill. ...

(

Dinxperlo Dinxperlo (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a town and former municipality in the eastern Netherlands (Achterhoek region), situated directly at the Germany-Netherlands border. Since 1 January 2005, Dinxperlo has been part of the municipality of Aalten. ...

se Heurne"), Heurne is locally known as "Aaltense Heurne".

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Populated places in Gelderland Aalten {{Gelderland-geo-stub