Landgraaf

Landgraaf

*Lankgraaf*
Landgraaf ; Lankgraaf
Municipality
	Watermill at Strijthagen castle
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Limburg
	Coordinates: 50°54′N 6°1′E / 50.900°N 6.017°ECoordinates: 50°54′N 6°1′E / 50.900°N 6.017°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	(CDA)
Area
• Total	24.67 km2 (9.53 sq mi)
• Land	24.58 km2 (9.49 sq mi)
• Water	0.09 km2 (0.03 sq mi)
Elevation	161 m (528 ft)
Population (January 2019)
• Total	37,591
• Density	1,529/km2 (3,960/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Landgravenaar
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	6370–6374
Area code	045
Website	www.landgraaf.nl

Landgraaf (Dutch: [lɑntˈxraːf] (listen); Limburgish: Lankgraaf) is a municipality in southeastern Limburg, Netherlands, forming part of the Parkstad Limburg agglomeration. Snow World is the largest indoor ski piste in Europe.

Population centres[]

Nieuwenhagen
Schaesberg
Ubach over Worms

Topography[]

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Landgraaf, June 2015

Special information[]

A pop music festival called Pinkpop is held annually on the Pentecost weekend in Schaesberg, a town in Landgraaf.

Landgraaf is home to the largest indoor ski piste in Europe, called Snow World.^[5]

Notable natives[]

Annemarie Mol, 2012

Johan Kremers (born 1933 in Nieuwenhagen) a Queen's Commissioner of Limburg from 1977 to 1990
Harry Kempen (1937 in Nieuwenhagen – 2000) a cultural psychologist and academic
Joep Lange (1954 in Nieuwenhagen – 2014) a Dutch clinical researcher in HIV therapy, International AIDS Society from 2002 to 2004
Annemarie Mol (born 1958 in Schaesberg) a Dutch ethnographer, philosopher and academic
Henk Blezer (born 1961 in Schaesberg) a Dutch Tibetologist, Indologist, and scholar of Buddhist studies
Sharon Walraven (born 1970 in Schaesberg) a Dutch wheelchair tennis player, silver medallist at the 2000 Paralympics and gold medallist at the 2008 Paralympics
Carach Angren (formed 2003 in Landgraaf) is a symphonic black metal band

Gallery[]

Woonhuis Broekhuizenstraat, Landgraaf
Im Freizeitpark - Mondo Verde
Pastorie Nieuwenhagerheide Hoogstraat
Im Freizeitpark - Mondo Verde
Grensstraat 129 gevel, Landgraaf-Waubach

References[]

^ "Burgemeester en wethouders" [Mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Landgraaf. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 6371LA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
^ Snow World Landgraaf

External links[]

Landgraaf travel guide from Wikivoyage
Official website

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[mayor_now-1] "Burgemeester en wethouders" [Mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Landgraaf. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.

[2] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[AHN-3] "Postcodetool for 6371LA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.

[4] "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

[5] Snow World Landgraaf

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