Aalten
Aalten ( listen? / I ) is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Gelderland near the border with the German state of North Rhine -Westphalia. Aalten lives mainly from agriculture, small business and tourism. It has a small railway station on the line of the regional railway Arnhem - Winterswijk, operated by Syntus.
Aalten is neighboring the German town of Bocholt and was formerly part of the railway line Lichtenvoorde -Bocholt.
With the municipality reform of 1 January 2005, the neighboring community Dinxperlo was dissolved (about 8,600 inhabitants) and part of the municipality of Aalten, which previously had about 18,900 inhabitants.
The most famous inhabitants of Aalten is Angus Young, guitarist of Australian band AC / DC
Districts
- Aalten (about 12,600 inhabitants; seat of the municipal administration)
- Bredevoort, known as " book town " ( about 1,500 inhabitants)
- Dale
- Dinxperlo: The place has the peculiarity that since the First World War, the border with Germany going through the midst of about 9,000 inhabitants site. The state line runs partly through the middle of land, so that individual houses of a country can only be achieved through the neighboring country. Also, a road was divided in its middle of the road. Today, the border of the German part of Bocholt - Suderwick is only recognizable at the different license plates and traffic signs. Dinxperlo also has the only German - Dutch police station. It is located on Dutch territory on the town hall. The smallest church in the Netherlands is in Dinxperlo.
- Haart
- Heurne ( about 1,000 inhabitants)
- IJzerlo
- 't Klooster
- Lintelo
Policy
Sons and daughters of the town
- Loek Beernink, actress and singer
- Robert Gesink, Dutch cyclist
- Sound Kotter, Dutch composer and conductor