Alkemade
Alkemade (Nl-Alkemade.ogg) is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Before its merger with Jacobswoude, the municipality covered an area of 30.91 km2 of which 3.94 km2 is water. It had a population of 14,481 in 2004.
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Alkemade (Nl-Alkemade.ogg) is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Before its merger with Jacobswoude, the municipality covered an area of 30.91 km2 of which 3.94 km2 is water. It had a population of 14,481 in 2004.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
No house-authored Note is published until its assertions and sources pass the VALÉORINE evidence contract. The documentary article remains available in full while that enrichment is being consolidated.
Documentary enrichment in progress · no unsupported statement published
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Alkemade. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Evidence Panel
not yet certified
- Identity
- unresolved
- Independent source families
- 0
- Admitted assertions
- 0
- Open conflicts
- 0
Key facts
Key facts
The municipality of Alkemade comprised the communities of Kaag, Nieuwe Wetering, Oud Ade, Oude Wetering, Rijpwetering, and Roelofarendsveen. There is no settlement called Alkemade itself. The municipality has many greenhouses and 13 windmills, one of which dates from 1632. Water sports are popular here because of its location on the lakes Kagerplassen and Braassemermeer. On January 1, 2009, Alkemade and Jacobswoude merged and formed the new municipality of Kaag en Braassem.
• Official Name — Alkemade • Image Flag — Alkemade vlag.svg • Flag Size — 120x100px • Image Shield — Alkemade wapen.svg • Shield Size — 120x100px • Image Map — LocatieAlkemade.png • Mapsize — 280px • Image Skyline — Googermolen.jpg • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Netherlands • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — South Holland • Subdivision Type2 — Municipality • Subdivision Name2 — Kaag en Braassem • Area Footnotes — (2006) • Area Total Km2 — 30.91 • Area Land Km2 — 26.97 • Area Water Km2 — 3.93 • Population As Of — 1 January 2007 • Population Note — Source: CBS, Statline. • Settlement Type — Former municipality • Population Total — 14535 • Population Density Km2 — 539 • Timezone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Timezone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Website — www.gemeentealkemade.nl Alkemade (Nl-Alkemade.ogg) is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Before its merger with Jacobswoude, the municipality covered an area of 30.91 km2 of which 3.94 km2 is water. It had a population of 14,481 in 2004. The municipality of Alkemade comprised the communities of Kaag, Nieuwe Wetering, Oud Ade, Oude Wetering, Rijpwetering, and Roelofarendsveen. There is no settlement called Alkemade itself. The municipality has many greenhouses and 13 windmills, one of which dates from 1632. Water sports are popular here because of its location on the lakes Kagerplassen and Braassemermeer. On January 1, 2009, Alkemade and Jacobswoude merged and formed the new municipality of Kaag en Braassem.
Notable people
Notable people
• Joop Doderer (1921–2005) - actor • Joop Zoetemelk (1946) - cyclist, winner of the Tour de France 1980 • Lou Geels (1908–1979) - actor • Bart Spring in 't Veld (1976) - Big Brother 2000 winner • Alex Turk (1975) - cartoonist • Sanne van der Star (1986) - speed skater • Monique Velzeboer (1971) - speed skater, gold medal at the 1988 Olympics • Simone Velzeboer - speed skater • Lars Hoogenboom - marathon skater • Femke Heemskerk - swimmer • Ilana Rooderkerk (1987) - soap opera actress • Marike Koek (1953) - actress • Bobbie Koek (1985) - actress • Dioomen - D.J.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 26 September 2026.
Elsewhere in General
15,024 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Alice Salomon UniversityOrganisation
- Alief Elsik High SchoolOrganisation
- AliquippaPlace
- AlkadarPlace
- Allan Hancock CollegeOrganisation
- AllatoonaPlace
- AlleganPlace
- Allegany High SchoolOrganisation
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with Alkemade?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.