Alkemade

Alkemade () 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 of which is water. It had a population of 14,481 in 2004.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Alkemade
Settlement.image_flag: Alkemade vlag.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 120x100px
Settlement.image_shield: Alkemade wapen.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 120x100px
Settlement.image_map: LocatieAlkemade.png
Settlement.mapsize: 280px
Settlement.image_skyline: Googermolen.jpg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: South Holland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kaag en Braassem
Settlement.area_footnotes: (2006)
Settlement.area_total_km2: 30.91
Settlement.area_land_km2: 26.97
Settlement.area_water_km2: 3.93

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of the Netherlands
Country: Netherlands
Located in: South Holland
Population: 2657
Area: 30.91
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Official website: www.gemeentealkemade.nl
Image: Googermolen.jpg

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Commons category: Alkemade
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2008-12-31
replaced by: Kaag en Braassem

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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alkemade” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.