Editing Werkendam

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Werkendam
| settlement_type         = Former municipality, town
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| image_skyline           = Schenkeldijk bij Werkendam - Werkendam - 20387731 - RCE.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Countryside in Werkendam
| image_flag              = Werkendam vlag.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Werkendam wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
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| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0870 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Werkendam in a municipal map of North Brabant
| map_caption             = Location in North Brabant -->
| pushpin_map             = Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands
| pushpin_label_position  = 
| pushpin_mapsize         = 250
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|48|N|4|54|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Brabant]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Altena, North Brabant|Altena]]
| extinct_title           = Merged
| extinct_date            = 2019
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref name="stat"/>
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| area_total_km2          = 62.88
| area_land_km2           = 
| area_water_km2          = 
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 4251VZ
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 9 June 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 0
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| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=15 April 2022}}</ref>
| population_total        = 11,215
| population_as_of        = 2021
| population_density_km2  = auto <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Werkendammer
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| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 4250–4251<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0183
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.werkendam.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Werkendam''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌʋɛrkə(n)ˈdɑm|-|235 Werkendam.ogg}}) is a [[town]] and a former [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in southern [[Netherlands]]. The [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|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, North Brabant|Altena]].

== Population centres ==
*[[Dussen]]
*[[Hank (Werkendam)|Hank]]
*[[Nieuwendijk]]
*[[Sleeuwijk]]
*[['t Zand (Werkendam)|'t Zand]]
*Werkendam

===Topography===
[[File:2013-Werkendam.jpg|475px|]]

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Werkendam, 2013.''

== Transport ==

[[Public transport]] is by [[Veolia Transport#Europe|Veolia]] [[neighborhood bus]] to [[Gorinchem]] through Sleeuwijk Tol, and by ferry to [[Boven-Hardinxveld]].<ref name=voetveren>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.voetveren.nl/Z-ZH-0048.htm www.voetveren.nl]</ref> The bus between [[Utrecht (city)|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.<ref name=voetveren/>

{{Panorama
 | image      = File:Werkendam.jpg
 | caption    = View of Werkendam and the [[Nieuwe Merwede]] river.
 | height     = 250
}}

== Notable people ==
* [[Gijsbert van Tienhoven]] (1841 in De Werken – 1914), [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] 1891–1894 
* [[Anton Mussert]] (1894 in Werkendam – 1946), one of the founders of the [[National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands]] (NSB) and its formal leader (executed)
* [[Cornelis Pieter van den Hoek]] (1921 in [[Leerdam]] – 2015 in Werkendam), resistance fighter ([[line-crosser]]), lived in Werkendam
* [[Adri van Heteren]] (born 1951 in [[Gouda, Netherlands|Gouda]]), [[Reformed Political Party|SGP]] party chair and Christian minister (in Werkendam)
* [[Rebekka Kadijk]] (born 1979 in Werkendam), professional beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player, competed in the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] and [[2004 Summer Olympics]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.werkendam.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Werkendam
 | North     = [[Boven-Hardinxveld]] ([[South Holland|SH]])<br>''[[Boven Merwede]]''
 | East      = [[Sleeuwijk]]
 | Southeast = [[Nieuwendijk]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Altena}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Geography of Altena, North Brabant]]
[[Category:Land van Heusden en Altena]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of North Brabant]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Brabant]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019]]


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