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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Achtmaal
| settlement_type = Village
| other_name = 
| native_name = 
| native_name_lang = nl
| image_skyline = File:Achtmaal Sint-Corneliuskerk 2024-08-28.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = St Cornelius Church
| 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 = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = [[North Brabant]]
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = [[Zundert]]
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 4885AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 19 April 2022 |archive-date = 21 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }}</ref>
| elevation_m = 13
| elevation_min_m =
| elevation_max_m =
| area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/>
| area_total_km2 = 27.06
| 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=19 April 2022}}</ref>
| population_total = 1,625
| 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 = 4885<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code = 076
| coordinates = {{coord|51|27|9|N|4|34|55|E|region:NL|display=inline}}
}}

'''Achtmaal''' is a village the south of the [[Netherlands]]. It is located in [[Zundert]], [[North Brabant]], near the border with [[Belgium]].

== History ==
The village was first mentioned in 1294 as "Gilberti de Achtmale", and is a combination of "reserved forest" and "court of justice".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/achtmaal2 |title=Achtmaal - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

Achtmaal was home to 100 people in 1840. The St Cornelius Church was built in 1863.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/achtmaal |title=Achtmaal |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

During [[World War II]], the [[United States Army]] [[104th Infantry Division (United States)|104th Infantry Division]], [[415th Infantry Regiment]], liberated Achtmaal from German troops. [[Operation Pheasant]] (code-name "Suitcase"), aimed at clearing German troops from the province of North Brabant, started on the morning of Friday 20 October 1944 just after 7:00am. On 27 October 1944 the 3rd Battalion of the 415th Infantry entered the village and Lieutenant Colonel Kelleher was handed papers by the [[Dutch resistance]]. They proved to be very helpful for the liberators. The Regiment sustained thirty-seven killed and 135 wounded during the operation.

==References==
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[[Category:Populated places in North Brabant]]
[[Category:Zundert]]

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