Aalten

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Aalten

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Aalten gemeentehuis.jpg

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Aalten town hall

| image_flag = Flag of Aalten.svg

| flag_size = 100x67px

| flag_alt =

| image_shield = Coats of arms of Aalten (new).svg

| shield_size = 100x80px

| shield_alt =

| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0197 (2009).svg

| map_alt = Highlighted position of Aalten in a municipal map of Gelderland

| map_caption = Location in Gelderland

| coordinates = {{coord|51|56|N|6|35|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

|pushpin_map = Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands#Europe

| subdivision_type =Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Gelderland

| government_footnotes = {{cite web

|url=https://www.aalten.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/samenstelling-college_42530/

|title=Samenstelling college burgemeester en wethouders

|trans-title=Mayor and Municipal Executive

|language=nl

|publisher=Gemeente Aalten

|access-date=21 November 2017

}}

| governing_body = Municipal council

| leader_party = CU

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Anton Stapelkamp

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}

| area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|Aalten}}

| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Aalten}}

| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Aalten}}

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web

|url=http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool

|title=Postcodetool for 7121CS

|language=nl

|work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland

|publisher=Het Waterschapshuis

|access-date=18 June 2014

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool

|archive-date=21 September 2013

}}

| elevation_m = 31

| elevation_max_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Omgeving |url=https://www.zondagsschoolhuusken.nl/omgeving/ |website='t Zondagsschoolhuusken}}

| elevation_max_m = 41

| elevation_min_footnotes =

| elevation_min_m =

| population_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}

| population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|Aalten}}

| population_as_of = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}

| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Aalten}}

| population_demonym = Aaltenaar

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postcode

| postal_code = 7090–7095, 7120–7126

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 0315, 0543

| website = {{URL|1=http://www.aalten.nl}}

| footnotes =

}}

File:gem-Aalten-OpenTopo.jpg

Aalten ({{IPA|nl|ˈaːltə(n)|-|Nl-Aalten.ogg}}) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The former municipalities of Bredevoort (1818) and Dinxperlo (2005) have been merged with Aalten.

Notable inhabitants of Aalten include Angus Young, guitarist of the Australian rock band AC/DC, and Robert Gesink, a professional road bicycle racer. During World War II, 51 of Aalten's 85 Jews were hidden by local non-Jews, and thereby survived the war.Martin Gilbert, 'The Holocaust' (1986), page 376, According to the War and Resistance Museum in Aalten, the village had the highest number of people in hiding during World War II. The village of approximately 13,000 residents hid some 2,500 people.http://www.marline.nl/verzet.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219155220/http://www.marline.nl/verzet.html |date=2014-02-19 }} 'Marline: de infozine v/d Achterhoek'