Kaag (Kaag en Braassem)

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Kaag
province South Holland South Holland
local community Flag of the municipality of Kaag en Braassem Kaag en Braassem
Area
 - land
 - water 		1.32  km 2
1.01 km 2
0.31 km 2
Residents 480 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Coordinates 52 ° 13 ′  N , 4 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 13 ′  N , 4 ° 34 ′  E
prefix 0252
Postcodes 2157-2159, 2361, 2375
Website Homepage of Kaag
Partial view of the village of Kaag
ferry

Kaag , also De Kaag , is a place (village) in the Kaagerpolder in the Dutch province of South Holland . Administratively, the place belongs to the municipality of Kaag en Braassem . The village is located about 8 km northeast of Leiden on the Kaagerpolder in Lake Kagerplassen , which was previously directly connected to the Haarlemmermeer before it was drained . In 2012 Kaag had 328 inhabitants. The island can only be reached by ferry from Buitenkaag or Oud Ade .

shipbuilding

The name Kaag became known worldwide through the shipyard "Feadship" founded there in 1949, which has belonged to the French luxury brand group LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton SA since 2008 . Feadship is one of the most exclusive shipyards in the world and manufactures luxury and mega yachts . Henry Ford had a feadship from Kaag, as did Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen , King Khalid of Saudi Arabia and Apple founder Steve Jobs . The Russian oligarch Roman Abramowitsch had his motor yacht Sussurro built there.

Web links

Commons : Kaag  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on June 2, 2018 (Dutch)
  2. ↑ Accessibility at https://www.rondomkaagenbraassem.nl , accessed on November 22, 2018.
  3. ↑ "The most exclusive shipyard in the world". Report in Financel Times ( memento of June 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on ftd.de, accessed July 26, 2013.