Aalburg Explained

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.

Population centres

Sport

Cycling

Aalburg hosted the annual 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg, an elite women's road bicycle race since 2007.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 4261BE . Dutch . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 24 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool . 21 September 2013 .