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{{Infobox settlement | name = Kaag | settlement_type = Village | other_name =  | native_name =  | native_name_lang = nl | image_skyline = Netherlands, Kaag en Braassem, Kaag (dorp), 3.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = De Kaag vlag.svg | image_shield = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | map_caption1 = | pushpin_map = Netherlands South Holland#Netherlands | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands##Location in the Netherlands | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Netherlands | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = South Holland | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Kaag en Braassem | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 2159BA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |date = 24 July 2019 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 4 May 2022 |archive-date = 26 December 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181226132106/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool%0A |url-status = dead }}</ref> | elevation_m = -0.9 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 1.32 | established_title = | established_date = | population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=4 May 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 465 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_demonym = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 2159<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = 0252 | coordinates = {{Coord|52|13|N|4|33|E|type:city(328)|display=inline, title}} }}

'''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".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/kaag3 |title=Kaag - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=4 May 2022 |language=nl}}</ref><ref name="monument"/> Kaag developed as a dike village on the island Kagereiland in the Kagermeer.<ref name="monument"/> Until the end of the 16th century De Kaag was the largest settlement in the Alkemade area.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/kaag |title=Kaag |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=4 May 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> The island received its current shape between the Haarlemmermeer was ''poldered'' in 1852.<ref name="monument">{{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}}</ref>

== Gallery == <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) </gallery>

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Category:Populated places in South Holland Category:Kaag en Braassem