Alkemade is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Before its merger with Jacobswoude, the …Alkemade is a former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Before its merger with Jacobswoude, the municipality covered an area of 30.91 km² of which 3.94 km² is water. It had a population of 14,481 in 2004.