Dongen
Dongen is a municipality and village in North Brabant, in the southern Netherlands. In the past it had a profitable leather industry, and a few old shoe factories in the town's older sections remain. The town is near a small river called the Donge, the water of which was used extensively for the leather industry. The Aerts automobile was built here in 1899.
Population centres
- Dongen
- 's Gravenmoer
- Vaart
- Klein-Dongen
Topography
''Map of the municipality of Dongen, June 2015''Politics
The municipal council consists of 21 members. The composition of the council since 2002 is below:Notable residents
- Theodorus Marinus Roest a numismatist and conservator of the Teylers Museum
- Laurens van Kuik a teacher and then an autodidact painter.
- Karel Willemen a Dutch designer, contributed to the fantasy-themed amusement park Efteling
- Kelly van Zon a table tennis player
- Nadine Broersen a track-and-field athlete in the heptathlon and high jump
- Anne Haast chess player, Woman Grandmaster
- Job van Uitert racing driver
- Ward van der Harst, Dutch EDM producer and DJ, half of W&W