Werkendam
Place in North Brabant, Netherlands
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Werkendam (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌʋɛrkə(n)ˈdɑm] ⓘ) 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.
Werkendam | |
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Former municipality, town | |
Countryside in Werkendam | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Werkendam Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands  Werkendam Werkendam (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 51°48′N 4°54′E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Brabant |
| Municipality | Altena |
| Merged | 2019 |
| Area | |
• Total | 62.88 km2 (24.28 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 11,215 |
| • Density | 178.4/km2 (461.9/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Werkendammer |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 4250–4251[1] |
| 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
