Aalten

Aalten
Aalten
Municipality, town
	Town hall
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location
	Map
	Coordinates: 51°56′N 6°35′E / 51.933°N 6.583°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Region	Achterhoek
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Anton Stapelkamp (CU)
Area
• Total	97.05 km2 (37.47 sq mi)
• Land	96.54 km2 (37.27 sq mi)
• Water	0.51 km2 (0.20 sq mi)
Elevation	31 m (102 ft)
Population (2019)
• Total	27,011
• Density	280/km2 (700/sq mi)
Demonym	Aaltenaar
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	7091, 7095, 7121–7123, 7126
Area code	0315, 0543
Website	www.aalten.nl

Aalten is a town and municipality in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It lies in the Achterhoek region near the German border.

The former municipality of Bredevoort merged into Aalten in 1818 and that of Dinxperlo in 2005. Aalten village had about 17,400 inhabitants and Aalten municipality about 27,000 inhabitants in 2021.

Settlements

Aalten (town)
Barlo
Bredevoort
Dale
Dinxperlo

References

Plaatsengids.nl Archived 2022-06-28 at the Wayback Machine

↑ "Samenstelling college". Gemeente Aalten (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 February 2022.
↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
↑ "Postcodetool". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

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[1] "Samenstelling college". Gemeente Aalten (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[2] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[3] "Postcodetool". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[4] "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

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