Heurne is a hamlet in the municipality of

Aalten Aalten () is a municipality and a town 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 Australia ...

, near Aalten (

Achterhoek The Achterhoek (; Dutch Low Saxon: ''Achterhook'') is a cultural region in the Eastern Netherlands. Its name (meaning "rear-corner") is geographically appropriate because the area lies in the easternmost part of the province of Gelderland and th ...

region) in the eastern

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. It was first mentioned in 1492 as Horne, and means "bent f a hill. The postal authorities have placed it under Aalten. In 1840, it was home to 274 people. Heurne has a village centre, "D'n Heurnsen Tref" and is known of the border crossing Heurne-. Across the Heurne lies the Hamelandroute. Heurne does not have a centre, only a few stores at the border crossing. To avoid confusion with De Heurne ( Dinxperlose Heurne"), Heurne is locally known as "Aaltense Heurne".

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Populated places in Gelderland Aalten {{Gelderland-geo-stub