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Landgraaf

Lankgraaf

Watermill at Strijthagen castle

Flag	Coat of arms

Location in Limburg

Government

• Body

Municipal council

Area

• 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

161 m (528 ft)

Population

(May 2014)

• Total

37,468

• Density

1,524/km² (3,950/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Landgravenaar

Time zone

UTC+1 (CET)

• Summer (DST)

UTC+2 (CEST)

Postcode

6370–6374

Area code

045

Landgraaf (Dutch: [ˈlɑntxraːf]; Limburgish: Lankgraaf [ˈlɑŋkxʀaːf]) 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
Special information
Notable natives
Gallery
See also

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.

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