Dongen

Dongen
	Dongen
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Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
	Area (2006)
- Total	29.72 km2 (11.5 sq mi)
- Land	29.34 km2 (11.3 sq mi)
- Water	0.38 km2 (0.1 sq mi)
	Population (1 January 2007)
- Total	25,487
- Density	869/km2 (2,250.7/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

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For the Dutch painter, see Kees van Dongen.

Dongen ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a town 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.