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Landgraaf (Dutch: [ˈlɑntxraːf] (
listen); 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.
Landgraaf
Lankgraaf | |
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Municipality | |
 Watermill at Strijthagen castle | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in Limburg | |
| Coordinates: 50°54′N 6°1′E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Limburg |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Raymond Vlecken (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)[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 |
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
- 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
- List of mayors of Landgraaf
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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landgraaf.
Landgraaf travel guide from Wikivoyage- Official website
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На других языках
- [en] Landgraaf
[ru] Ландграф (Нидерланды)
Ландграф (нидерл. Landgraaf, лимб. Lankgraaf) — община в нидерландской провинции Лимбург. Расположена в восточной части провинции. Площадь составляет 24,69 км². Население по данным на январь 2007 года — 38 917 человек. Плотность населения — 1582 чел/км².Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.
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