Country Netherlands Demonym(s) Aaltenaar Postcode 7090–7095, 7120–7126 Area 97.09 km² Local time Tuesday 12:45 AM | Elevation 31 m (102 ft) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area code 0315, 0543 Province Gelderland | |
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Aalten ( pronunciation ) is a municipality and a village in the eastern Netherlands. The former municipalities of Bredevoort (1818) and Dinxperlo (2005) have been merged with Aalten.
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Map of Aalten, Netherlands
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 2500 people.
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Transportation
Aalten railway station serves Aalten and the surrounding area. There is a half-hourly service between Arnhem and Winterswijk, which stops at this station. Arnhem railway station has services to Amsterdam, Amsterdam Airport, Utrecht, Nijmegen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Breda, Tilburg and to cities in Germany.
Aalten also has an hourly bus service to Ruurlo and to Zelhem.