| Werkendam | |
| Settlement Type: | Former municipality, town |
| Flag Size: | 100x67px |
| Map Alt: | Highlighted position of Werkendam in a municipal map of North Brabant |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands |
| Coordinates: | 51.8°N 58°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Brabant |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Altena |
| Extinct Title: | Merged |
| Extinct Date: | 2019 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 62.88 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 0 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 11,215 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Demonym: | Werkendammer |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
| Postal Code: | 4250–4251 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 0183 |
Werkendam (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /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 1 January 2019 it joined Woudrichem and Aalburg in the new municipality of Altena.
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Werkendam, 2013.
Public transport is by Veolia neighborhood bus to Gorinchem 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]