Kaag en Braassem

Kaag en Braassem is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It was formed on 1 January 2009, through the merger of Alkemade and Jacobswoude.

Kaag en Braassem consists of 10 towns: • Hoogmade

• Kaag

• Leimuiden

• Nieuwe Wetering

• Oud-Ade

• Oude Wetering

• Rijnsaterwoude

• Rijpwetering

• Roelofarendsveen

• Woubrugge In addition, there are 5 hamlets: • Bilderdam

• Heimansbuurt

• Ofwegen

• Vriezekoop

• Zevenhuizen

Topography


Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Kaag en Braassem, June 2015

Notable people

 * Marinus Heijnes (1888 – 1963 in De Kaag) a Dutch impressionist artist of the Hague School

Sport

 * Cornelis van Staveren (1889 in Leimuiden – 1982) a sailor who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics
 * Joop Zoetemelk (born 1946) a retired professional racing cyclist, raised in Rijpwetering
 * Monique Velzeboer (born in Oud Ade 1969) a Dutch skater and photographer, medallist in the 1998 Winter Olympics
 * Michael Buskermolen (born 1972 in Leimuiden) a Dutch retired footballer with 399 club caps with AZ Alkmaar
 * Bob de Jong (born 1976 in Leimuiden) a Dutch former speed skater, silver, gold and twice bronze medallist at the 1998 2006 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics
 * Margot Boer (born 1985 in Woubrugge) a Dutch former speed skater, competed in the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics
 * Claudia van den Heiligenberg (born 1985 in Roelofarendsveen) a Dutch footballer
 * Femke Heemskerk (born 1987 in Roelofarendsveen) a Dutch competitive swimmer, gold and silver medallist at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics