Landgraaf
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- For the comital title rendered in Dutch as Landgraaf, see Landgrave
| Landgraaf | |
| Country | Netherlands |
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| Province | Limburg |
| Area (2006) | |
| - Municipality | 24.69 km² (9.5 sq mi) |
| - Land | 24.60 km² (9.5 sq mi) |
| - Water | 0.09 km² (0 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2007) | |
| - Municipality | 38,917 |
| - Density | 1,582/km² (4,097.4/sq mi) |
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Landgraaf (pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands.
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A pop music festival called Pinkpop is held annually on the Pentecost weekend in the vicinity of Landgraaf. It is also home to the largest indoor ski piste of Europe, called Snowworld.
It is also the siege of a municipal school organising school-related linguistical travels in Italy. Last trips included Veneto (Rovigo, Venice, etc.) and Sicily in 2007.
- Dr. Johan Kremers.
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