Aalburg
{{Distinguish|text=Aalborg, a city in Denmark}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Aalburg
| settlement_type = Former municipality
| image_skyline = Zicht op Hervormde kerk langs de dijk - Wijk en Aalburg - 20387571 - RCE.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Church in Aalburg
| image_flag = Flag of Aalburg.svg
| flag_size = 100x67px
| flag_alt =
| image_shield = Aalburg wapen.svg
| shield_size = 100x80px
| shield_alt =
| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0738 (2009).svg
| map_alt = Highlighted position of Aalburg in a municipal map of North Brabant
| map_caption = Location in North Brabant
| coordinates = {{coord|51|46|N|5|8|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
|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
| area_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}
| area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|Aalburg}}
| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Aalburg}}
| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Aalburg}}
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web
|url=http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
|title=Postcodetool for 4261BE
|language=Dutch
|work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
|publisher=Het Waterschapshuis
|accessdate=24 April 2014
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
|archivedate=21 September 2013
}}
| elevation_m = 3
| elevation_max_footnotes =
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| elevation_min_footnotes =
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| population_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}
| population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|Aalburg}}
| population_as_of = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Aalburg}}
| population_demonym =
| 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
| website = {{URL|1=http://www.aalburg.nl}}
| footnotes =
}}
Aalburg ({{IPA|nl|ˈaːlbʏr(ə)x|-|171 Aalburg.ogg}}) 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.{{Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten}} On January 1, 2019 it joined Werkendam and Woudrichem in the new municipality of Altena.
Population centres
- Babyloniënbroek
- Drongelen
- Eethen
- Genderen
- Meeuwen
- Veen
- Wijk en Aalburg (town hall)
Sport
= Cycling =
Aalburg hosted the annual 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg, an elite women's road bicycle race since 2007.
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{Commons category-inline}}
- {{Official website|http://www.aalburg.nl}}
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Aalburg
| Northwest = Woudrichem
| Northeast = Zaltbommel (GE)
| Southeast = Bergse Maas
Heusden
| South = Bergse Maas
Waalwijk
| West = Werkendam
}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Geography of Altena, North Brabant
Category:Land van Heusden en Altena
Category:Former municipalities of North Brabant
Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019
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