# Halsteren
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Halsteren
| other_name = Altere
| settlement_type = Town
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| native_name_lang = nl
| image_skyline = Halsteren - Dorpsstraat 22 - Raadhuis.JPG
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Former town hall of Halsteren
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| pushpin_map = Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands
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| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands
| subdivision_name = [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands)
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [North Brabant](/source/North_Brabant)
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = [Bergen op Zoom](/source/Bergen_op_Zoom)
| elevation_footnotes = [{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 4661AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 15 April 2022 |archive-date = 21 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }}]
| elevation_m = 6
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| area_footnotes = [{{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=15 April 2022}}]
| population_total = 12,325
| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time)
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time)
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = [Postal code](/source/List_of_postal_codes_in_the_Netherlands)
| postal_code = 4661[{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/halsteren |title=Halsteren - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=nl}}]
The Dutch Reformed church was built in the 14th century. It was extended in 1457. After a fire in 1607, it was extensively restored. In 1799, it was returned to the Catholic church and restored several times. In 1961, it became a Dutch Reformed church again. The Catholic St. Quirinus Church was built between 1911 and 1912 and has a double tower. The former town hall dates from 1633. It was restored and extended in 1917. It was restored in 1944 after a fire.[{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu02_01/sten009monu02_01_0073.php |title=Halsteren |author=Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert| year=1997 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9945 6 |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=nl}}]
Halsteren was home to 538 people in 1840.[{{cite web |url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/halsteren |title=Halsteren |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=nl |archive-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426101925/https://www.plaatsengids.nl/halsteren |url-status=dead }}] Halsteren was a separate municipality until 1997, when it became a part of [Bergen op Zoom](/source/Bergen_op_Zoom).[{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}]
The village of Polder or Polre was located near Halsteren. It disappeared in a flood in 1570 and most of the village is still buried underneath a metre of mud.