Kaag
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| name = Kaag
| settlement_type = Village
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = South Holland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Kaag en Braassem
| elevation_m = -0.9
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| area_total_km2 = 1.32
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| population_total = 465
| population_as_of = 2021
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| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
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| utc_offset_DST = +2
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| area_code = 0252
| coordinates = {{Coord|52|13|N|4|33|E|type:city(328)|display=inline, title}}
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Kaag is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Kaag en Braassem, and lies about {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=off}} northeast of Leiden.
The village of Kaag lies on an island called Kagereiland in the Kager Lakes (Kagerplassen). To reach De Kaag, a ferry can be taken from Buitenkaag all year or Zevenhuizen in the summer months.
De Kaag is also part of an area called the Duin- en Bollenstreek ("Dune and Bulb Region").
The village is conventionally referred to as "De Kaag", but the name reported on both English and Dutch maps is just "Kaag".
History
The village is first mentioned in 1308, called "Kaghe", meaning "lands outside the dike".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/kaag3 |title=Kaag - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=4 May 2022 |language=nl}} Kaag developed as a dike village on the island Kagereiland in the Kagermeer. Until the end of the 16th century De Kaag was the largest settlement in the Alkemade area.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/kaag |title=Kaag |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=4 May 2022 |language=nl}} The island received its current shape between the Haarlemmermeer was poldered in 1852.{{cite news|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu10_01/sten009monu10_01_0070.php |title=Kaag |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |year=2004 |isbn=90-400-9034-3 |language=nl |access-date=4 May 2022}}
Gallery
File:Netherlands,_Kaag_en_Braassem,_Kaag_(dorp),_1.JPG|Church in the village.
File:Kagerplas rietkraag lombok kaag en kerkje 25x40 (44).jpg|Historic view of Kagerplassen by Marinus Heijnes
File:Julianalaan 29, Kaag.jpg|Farm on Kaag
File:Netherlands, Kaag en Braassem, Kaag (dorp), 2.JPG|Ferry between Haarlemmermeer (left) and Kaag (right)
References
{{Commons category|Kaag}}
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{{Dutch municipality Kaag en Braassem}}
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Category:Populated places in South Holland
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