{{Infobox settlement | name = Fijnaart | settlement_type = [[Town]] | other_name = <!-- if different from name --> | native_name = <!-- if different from name --> | native_name_lang = nl | image_skyline = Image:Fijnaart, kerk foto8 2010-09-11 14.19.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = Church of Fijnaart | image_flag = | image_shield = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | map_caption1 = | pushpin_map = Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]] | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[North Brabant]] | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = [[Moerdijk]] | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 4793AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 17 April 2022 |archive-date = 25 December 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181225023229/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool%0A |url-status = dead }}</ref> | elevation_m = 0.6 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 23.67 | established_title = | established_date = | population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=17 April 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 5,620 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_demonym = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]] | postal_code = 4793<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]] | area_code = 0168 | coordinates = {{coord|51|38|15|N|4|28|12|E|region:NL|display=titlt,e inline}} }}
'''Fijnaart''' is a town in the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] province of [[North Brabant]]. It is located in the municipality of [[Moerdijk]], about 8 km west of the town of [[Zevenbergen]].<ref name='ANWB'>''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.</ref>
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1380 as "die fiinre". The etymology is unclear.<ref name="etym">{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/fijnaart |title=Fijnaart (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=17 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> The area around Fijnaart was ''[[dyke (embankment)|diked]]'' around 1380, but lost in the [[St. Elizabeth's flood (1421)|St. Elizabeth's flood]] of 1421. A new dike was built in the 16th century.<ref name="etym"/> Fijnaart developed in the mid-16th century. The Voorstraat was the wide main street and was placed at right angles from the dike. The church was built at the end of the Voorstraat.<ref name="monument">{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu02_01/sten009monu02_01_0058.php |title=Fijnaart |author=Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert| year=1997 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9945 6 |access-date=17 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
The Dutch Reformed church is a T-shaped building. The tower was added in 1875. The Catholic Jacobuskerk dates from 1925.<ref name="monument"/> It was destroyed by war in October 1944 and rebuilt in 1953.<ref name="plaats"/>
Fort Sabina Henrica was built in 1811 by the French after the [[Walcheren Campaign|English tried to invade Walcheren]] in 1809. It was part of two opposing forts, and named Duquesne after [[Abraham Duquesne]]. In 1813, after the French defeat, it was renamed Fort Prins Frederik. In 1913, it received its current name. The fort was enlarged and modified between 1880 and 1883. In 1924, it was decommissioned because it had become obsolete. During the 1950s and 1960s, it was used as an ammunition depot. It was bought by the municipality in 1977.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heemkundekringdewillemstad.nl/vestingwerken/fort_sabina.htm |title=Fort Sabina Henrica |website=Heemkundekring De Willemstad |access-date=17 April 2022 |language=nl |archive-date=1 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501102125/http://www.heemkundekringdewillemstad.nl/vestingwerken/fort_sabina.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Fijnaart was home to 570 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/fijnaart |title=Fijnaart |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=17 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> The village used to part of the municipality of [[Fijnaart en Heijningen]]. In 1996, it was merged into [[Moerdijk]].<ref name="plaats"/>
== Notable people == * [[O'G3NE]], the sisters Lisa, Amy and Shelley Vol, who won ''[[The Voice of Holland]]'' and represented [[Netherlands]] at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2017]] with "[[Lights And Shadows]]". * [[Frans Bauer]], singer/songwriter of folk music
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Museum en galerie Van Lien P1070305.JPG|Former museum File:Fijnaart P1070291.JPG|Building in Fijnaart File:Bushalte Fijnaart P1390290.jpg|Apartment buildings File:Basisschool Juliana P1070284.JPG|School </gallery>
==References== <references/>
{{Dutch municipality Moerdijk}} {{Authority control}}
{{Coord|51|38|N|4|28|E|region:NL_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki|display=title}}
[[Category:Populated places in North Brabant]] [[Category:Moerdijk]]