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Werkendam

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Werkendam
Former municipality, town
Countryside in Werkendam
Flag Coat of arms
Werkendam Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands Show map of North Brabant Werkendam Werkendam (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands
Coordinates: 51°48′N 4°54′E / 51.800°N 4.900°E / 51.800; 4.900
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Municipality	Altena
Merged	2019
Area ^[1]
• Total	62.88 km² (24.28 sq mi)
Elevation ^[2]	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Total	11,215
• Density	180/km² (460/sq mi)
Demonym	Werkendammer
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	4250–4251^[1]
Area code	0183
Website	www.werkendam.nl

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 January 1sth 2019 it joined Woudrichem and Aalburg in the new municipality of Altena.

Population centres

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Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Werkendam, 2013.

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Public transport is by Veolia neighborhood bustoGorinchem 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]

View of Werkendam and the Nieuwe Merwede river.

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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

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 April 2022.

^ "Postcodetool for 4251VZ". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

^ ^a ^b (in Dutch) www.voetveren.nl

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v t e Populated places in the municipalityofAltena
Towns	Almkerk Werkendam Woudrichem
Villages	Andel Babyloniënbroek Drongelen Dussen Eethen Genderen Giessen Hank Meeuwen Nieuwendijk Rijswijk Sleeuwijk Uitwijk Veen Waardhuizen Wijk en Aalburg
Hamlets	Emmikhoven Kievitswaard Kille Vierbannen 't Zand
List of cities, towns and villages in North Brabant

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