Aijen Explained

Aijen
Settlement Type:Hamlet
Native Name Lang:nl
Pushpin Map:Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Limburg
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Bergen, Limburg
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:14
Area Total Km2:2.63
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:2,370
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:5854
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Area Code:0485
Coordinates:51.5833°N 8°W

Aijen (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈaːi.ə(n)/; Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish: Äöje in Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish pronounced as /ˈœːjə/) is a hamlet in the municipality of Bergen in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands.

The village was first mentioned in 1336 as Oyen, and means "land on a stream".[3] Aijen was home to 257 people in 1840.[4]

Between 1533 until 1965, there was a pedestrian ferry across the Maas to . Aijen does not have a church, but has a chapel from the 16th or 17th century, and it was the religious building in the municipality of Bergen which survived undamaged.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 5854AA . nl . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 23 April 2022 .
  2. Web site: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 23 April 2022.
  3. Web site: Aijen - (geografische naam) . Etymologiebank . 23 April 2022 . nl.
  4. Web site: Aijen . Plaatsengids . 23 April 2022 . nl.