Landgraaf
Landgraaf
Lankgraaf | |
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 Watermill at Strijthagen castle | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in Limburg | |
| Coordinates: 50°54′N 6°1′E / 50.900°N 6.017°E / 50.900; 6.017 | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Limburg |
| Government [1] | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Raymond Vlecken (CDA) |
| Area [2] | |
| • 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 [3] | 161 m (528 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[4] | |
| • Total | 37,262 |
| • Density | 1,516/km2 (3,930/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Landgravenaar |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 6370–6374 |
| Area code | 045 |
| Website | www.landgraaf.nl |
Landgraaf (Dutch: [ˈlɑntxraːf] ⓘ; Limburgish: Lankgraaf [ˈlɑŋkxʀaːf])[tone?] 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
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
- 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
See also
Gallery
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Woonhuis Broekhuizenstraat, Landgraaf
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Im Freizeitpark - Mondo Verde
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Pastorie Nieuwenhagerheide Hoogstraat
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Im Freizeitpark - Mondo Verde
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Grensstraat 129 gevel, Landgraaf-Waubach
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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 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Snow World Landgraaf
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landgraaf.
Landgraaf travel guide from Wikivoyage- Official website
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