Aalten

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Aalten

Total population

12,870

Coordinates51.93°, 6.58°

Demographic figures from CBS Netherlands. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Loek Beernink

Dutch actor and singer

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Werner Warsinsky

German writer (1910-1992)

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Ton Kotter

Dutch conductor, composer and trumpeter (1906–1991)

Herman Theodorus Obbink

Dutch theologian (1869–1947)

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Gerrit Jan Kuenen

Dutch SOE agent (1918–1944)

Dela Maria Vaags

Dutch actress (1956-2011)

Wim Rutgers

Dutch university professor

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Henri Rots

Dutch architect (1898-1944)

Hans Vultink

Dutch cue sports player

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André Hulshorst

Dutch football player

Gustaaf Adolf Strick van Linschoten

Dutch politician (1894-1968)

T.A. van Dijken

Dutch politician and jurist (1897-1975)

Piet te Lintum

Dutch painter, columnist, illustrator and draughtsperson (1909-1985)

Antoon Stapelkamp

Dutch politician (1886–1960)

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Reinette van Zijtveld

Dutch singer

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Harmen Brethouwer

Dutch painter (born 1960)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Aalten

Gemeentehuizen in Gelderland

Thea de Roos · 1995

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Moor Frog

Rana arvalis

Seen 2026-09-30

Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

Seen 2026-09-28

Giant Polypore

Meripilus giganteus

Seen 2026-09-28

Rook

Corvus frugilegus

Seen 2026-09-25

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Seen 2026-09-24

common toadflax

Linaria vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-23

Brown Roll-Rim

Paxillus involutus

Seen 2026-09-23

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

Seen 2026-09-23

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Seen 2026-09-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers