Landgraaf

Landgraaf
Landgraaf; Lankgraaf
	Municipality
	Watermill at Strijthagen castle
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Limburg
	Coordinates: 50°54′N 6°1′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Raymond Vlecken (CDA)
Area [2]
• Total	24.66 km2 (9.52 sq mi)
• Land	24.58 km2 (9.49 sq mi)
• Water	0.08 km2 (0.03 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	161 m (528 ft)
Population (January 2019)[4]
• 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 pronunciation: [ˈlɑntxraːf] (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

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" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
"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" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

[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