Vierbannen
Vierbannen | |
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Hamlet | |
  Vierbannen Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands  Vierbannen Vierbannen (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 51°44′55″N 04°54′32″E / 51.74861°N 4.90889°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Brabant |
| Municipality | Altena |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 4255[1] |
| Dialing code | 0133[1] |
Vierbannen is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is a part of the municipality of Altena, and lies about 11 km south of Gorinchem.
Vierbannen is not a statistical entity,[2] and the postal authorities have placed it under Nieuwendijk.[1] It consists of about 40 houses.[3]
It was first mentioned in 1798 as Vierbanse Sluys, and is a settlement near a sluice with the same name. A "banne" was an old name for polder land often also a drainage area.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Postcode 4255 in Nieuwendijk". Postcode bij adres (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "Vierbannen". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "Vierbannen - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 April 2022.
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