Eethen

Village in North Brabant, Netherlands

Coat of arms

51°43′51″N 5°3′10″E / 51.73083°N 5.05278°E / 51.73083; 5.05278CountryNetherlandsProvinceNorth BrabantMunicipalityAltenaArea

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• Total5.86 km² (2.26 sq mi)Elevation

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1.4 m (4.6 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total890 • Density150/km² (390/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

4266^[1]

Dialing code0416

Eethen is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Altena.

The village was first mentioned in 850 as Atina. The etymology is unclear.^[3] Eethen developed on a sand hill in the Middle Ages and part of the original ring road is still visible.^[4]

The Dutch Reformed church dates from the 12th century. The tower was added in the late-14th century. In 1944, it was severely damaged by World War II and was restored and reconstructed between 1948 and 1951.^[4]

Eethen was home to 310 people 1840.^[5] Eethen was a separate municipality between 1923 and 1973. It was formed by the merging of the municipalities of Drongelen, Genderen, and Meeuwen, and became a part of Aalburg in 1973.^[6]

Gallery

View of Eethen in July 2007
Former town hall

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 4266EA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
^ "Eethen - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert (1997). Eethen (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9945 6. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
^ "Eethen". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 April 2022.
^ van der Meer, Ad; Boonstra, Onno (2006). Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten 1812–2006 (PDF) (in Dutch). The Hague: Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. ISBN 90-6984-495-8. OCLC 206151799. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-26.