title: Alphen-Chaam
text: # Alphen-Chaam
  
  Alphen-Chaam (Dutch pronunciation: (listen)) is a municipality in the southern Netherlands.
  
  ## Population centres
  
  Towns:
  
  * Alphen (4,000)
  * Chaam (3,810)
  * Galder (1,190)
  
  Hamlets (the population data of these hamlets is included in the population data of the towns near which they are located):
  
  * Alphen-Boshoven
  * Alphen-Oosterwijk
  * Boslust
  * Cauwelaar
  * Chaamdijk
  * Druisdijk
  * Geersbroek
  * Ginderdoor
  * Grazen
  * Heerstaaien
  * Heikant
  * Het Sas
  * Hondseind
  * Houtgoor
  * Kalishoek
  * Klooster
  * Kwaalburg
  * Leg
  * Looneind
  * Meijsberg
  * Notsel
  * Rakens
  * Snijders-Chaam
  * Strijbeek
  * Terover
  * Ulvenhout AC
  * Venweg
  * 't Zand
  
  ### Topography
  
  Topographic map of the municipality of Alphen-Chaam, Sept. 2014.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Ruud de Moor (born 1928 in Chaam – 2001) a Dutch professor of sociology
  * Piet A. Verheyen (born 1931 in Alphen) a Dutch economist and academic
  * Natasha den Ouden (born 1973 in Galder) a Dutch cyclist
  * Jelle Klaasen (born 1984 in Alphen) a Dutch professional darts player, the youngest winner of the World Darts Championship at age 21
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * De Kloostertuin, Alphen
  * Chaam, Ledevaert kerk
  * Voormalig raadhuis, Nieuw Ginneken
  