About the town » Aalten, Gemeente Aalten, Gelderland, Netherlands

• Bevolkingsregister 162.303
• BS Overlijden 53.105
• BS Huwelijk 48.029
• BS Geboorte 35.788
• Notariële archieven 25.942
• DTB Trouwen 3.744
• DTB Begraven 1.417
• Politieregister 1.035
• Landstormregister 776
• Doop-, Trouw- en Begraafregisters (DTB) 386

Aalten is a municipality and a village in the eastern Netherlands. The former municipalities of Bredevoort (1818) and Dinxperlo (2005) have been merged with Aalten. Notable inhabitants of Aalten include Angus Young, guitarist of the Australian rock band AC/DC, and Robert Gesink, a professional road bicycle racer. During World War II, 51 of Aalten's 85 Jews were hidden by local non-Jews, and thereby survived the war.