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Asten
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Municipality
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Country | Netherlands |
Province | North Brabant |
Area
(2006)
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• Total | 71.38 km2 (27.56 sq mi) |
• Land | 70.34 km2 (27.16 sq mi) |
• Water | 1.05 km2 (0.41 sq mi) |
Population
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• Total | 16,360 |
• Density | 233/km2 (600/sq mi) |
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Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Asten (pronunciationⓘ) is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands.
It is home to the Royal Eijsbouts bell foundry and also a carillon museum.
Asten has a rich history going back to the Roman occupation of Batavia. In the swamp of the village's national park 'De Peel' was found an ancient Roman centurion helmet. There were also silhouets of Hunter-Gatherer and Agriculture societies found in the area. The village has a castle dating back to the 12th century, to the south of the current village. which also gave its name to the village: "Aa-Stein", or "stone building on the river Aa". A second stone-built fortified building was suspected to the north, at the site of the current Slotweg ("castle road"), and some stone fragments have been excavated, although no conclusive evidence has been produced of a fortified building here. The village was pillaged and burnt twice in the 17th century, by Austrian and Swedish army troops.
51°24′N 5°45′E / 51.400°N 5.750°E / 51.400; 5.750
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