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Werkendam
Werkendam
Former municipality, town
	Countryside in Werkendam
	Flag Coat of arms
	Werkendam Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands Werkendam Werkendam (Netherlands)
	Coordinates: 51°48′N 4°54′E / 51.800°N 4.900°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Municipality	Altena
Merged	2019
Area
• Total	62.88 km2 (24.28 sq mi)
Elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	11,215
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Demonym	Werkendammer
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	4250–4251
Area code	0183
Website	www.werkendam.nl

Werkendam (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌʋɛrkə(n)ˈdɑm] ^ⓘ) 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

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Werkendam, 2013.

Public transport is by Veolia neighborhood bus to Gorinchem through Sleeuwijk Tol, and by ferry to Boven-Hardinxveld.^[3] 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.^[3]

View of Werkendam and the Nieuwe Merwede river.

Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841 in De Werken – 1914), Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1891–1894
Anton Mussert (1894 in Werkendam – 1946), one of the founders of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB) and its formal leader (executed)
Cornelis Pieter van den Hoek (1921 in Leerdam – 2015 in Werkendam), resistance fighter (line-crosser), lived in Werkendam
Adri van Heteren (born 1951 in Gouda), SGP party chair and Christian minister (in Werkendam)
Rebekka Kadijk (born 1979 in Werkendam), professional beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player, competed in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 4251VZ". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b (in Dutch) www.voetveren.nl

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