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

  • Dussen
  • Hank
  • Nieuwendijk
  • Sleeuwijk
  • 't Zand
  • Werkendam

    Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Werkendam, 2013.''

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