Alkemade
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Coordinates: 52°12′N 4°35′E / 52.2, 4.58
Country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
Area (2006)
- Total	30.91 km² (11.9 sq mi)
- Land	26.97 km² (10.4 sq mi)
- Water	3.93 km² (1.5 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
- Total	14,535
- Density	539/km² (1,396/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website: www.gemeentealkemade.nl

Alkemade (population: 14,481 in 2004) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 30.91 km² (11.93 mile² ) of which 3.94 km² (1.52 mile²) is water.

The municipality of Alkemade comprises 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.

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.

External links

• Official website
• Basic data from State Almanac
• Statistics in Dutch (pdf) - with (towards the end) a map showing the neighborhoods and (a few pages further) the population figures etc. as well as the grouping into quarters.
• http://www.plattegronden.nl/gemeentealkemade/ - map

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