Werkendam
Werkendam is a town and a former municipality in southern Netherlands. The 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.
Population centres
Topography
''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Werkendam, 2013.''Transport
Public transport is by Veolia neighborhood bus to Gorinchem through Sleeuwijk Tol, and by ferry to Boven-Hardinxveld. The bus between 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.
Notable people
- Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1891–1894
- Anton Mussert, one of the founders of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands and its formal leader
- Cornelis Pieter van den Hoek, resistance fighter, lived in Werkendam
- Adri van Heteren, SGP party chair and Christian minister
- Rebekka Kadijk, professional beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player, competed in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics