Dongen

Netherlands / Noord-Brabant / Dongen /
 town, village, municipality
Dongen is a municipality and a village in the southern Netherlands. In the past it was home to a profitable Leather industry, to which a few old shoe factories in the town's older sections still testify. The town is formed near a small river called "Donge" (about ten feet across), the water of which was used extensively for the leather industry. The Aerts Automobile was built here in 1899.
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Coordinates:   51°37'28"N   4°56'53"E
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