Aalten

upright=1.35|thumb|Topographic map of Aalten, June 2015 Aalten () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The former municipalities of Bredevoort (1818) and Dinxperlo (2005) have been merged with Aalten.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Aalten
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Aalten gemeentehuis.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Aalten town hall
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Aalten.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.image_shield: Coats of arms of Aalten (new).svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Map - NL - Municipality code 0197 (2009).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of Aalten in a municipal map of Gelderland
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Gelderland
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands#Europe
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Gelderland
Settlement.governing_body: Municipal council
Settlement.leader_party: CU

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Official website

Home | Gemeente Aalten

Officiële website van gemeente Aalten. Hier vindt u informatie, nieuwsberichten en online dienstverlening. Daadkrachtig, duurzaam, dichtbij.

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: Aaltenaar
Population: 27120
Area: 97.04
Elevation: 31
Official website: www.aalten.nl
Image: 2008-01 aalten hogestraat.jpg
Households: 11213
Dialing code: 0543

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Commons category: Aalten
Commons gallery: Aalten
postal code: 7126
email address: mailto:[email protected]
phone number: +31543493333
native label: Aalten

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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. 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.