Aalburg | |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
Flag Size: | 100x67px |
Map Alt: | Highlighted position of Aalburg in a municipal map of North Brabant |
Coordinates: | 51.7667°N 13°W |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands#Europe |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | North Brabant |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Altena |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1973 |
Extinct Title: | Merged |
Extinct Date: | 2019 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 3 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 4260–4269 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 0416 |
Aalburg (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈaːlbʏr(ə)x/) is a former municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. The municipality had been formed in 1973 by the merging of the former municipalities of Eethen, Veen, and Wijk en Aalburg. On January 1, 2019 it joined Werkendam and Woudrichem in the new municipality of Altena.
Aalburg hosted the annual 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg, an elite women's road bicycle race since 2007.