Location: Aalten 🌎
Location: Aalten, Netherlands
Administration Region: Gelderland
Population: 27120
ISO2 Code: Gelderland
ISO3 Code: NLD
Location Type: Lower-level Admin Capital
Latitude: 51.9333
Longitude: 6.5833
Aalten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːltə(n)] ) 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. 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.
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