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{{for|the comital title rendered in Dutch as Landgraaf|Landgrave}}
{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->| name               = Landgraaf
| native_name        = {{native name|li|Lankgraaf|icon=no}}
| settlement_type    = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->| image_skyline      = Landgraaf-Streythagermolen-2.JPG
| image_alt          = 
| image_caption      = Watermill at Strijthagen castle
| image_flag         = Flag of Landgraaf.svg
| flag_size          = 100x67px
| flag_alt           = 
| image_shield       = Landgraaf wapen.svg
| shield_size        = 100x80px
| shield_alt         = <!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map          = Map - NL - Municipality code 0882 (2009).svg
| map_alt            = Highlighted position of Landgraaf in a municipal map of Limburg
| map_caption        = Location in Limburg
| coordinates        = {{coord|50|54|N|6|1|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]
| government_footnotes = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.landgraaf.nl/inwoners/burgemeester-en-wethouders_3311/
 |title       = Burgemeester en wethouders
 |trans-title = Mayor and aldermen
 |language    = nl
 |publisher   = Gemeente Landgraaf
 |access-date  = 31 October 2013
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20131102225105/http://www.landgraaf.nl/inwoners/burgemeester-en-wethouders_3311/
 |archive-date = 2 November 2013
}}</ref>
| governing_body     = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party       = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title       = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Richard de Boer]]
<!-- Geographic information -->| unit_pref          = Metric
<!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion -->
<!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->| area_footnotes     = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
<!-- square kilometers -->| area_total_km2     = {{Dutch municipality total area|Landgraaf}}
| area_land_km2      = {{Dutch municipality land area|Landgraaf}}
| area_water_km2     = {{Dutch municipality water area|Landgraaf}}
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |title=Postcodetool for 6371LA 
 |language=nl 
 |work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland 
 |publisher=Het Waterschapshuis 
 |access-date=30 October 2013 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |archive-date=21 September 2013 
}}</ref>
| elevation_m        = 161
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| elevation_max_m    = 
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| elevation_min_m    = <!-- Population, demographics -->
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total   = {{Dutch municipality population|Landgraaf}}
| population_as_of   = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Landgraaf}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym = Landgravenaar
<!-- Other information -->| timezone1          = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1        = +1
| timezone1_DST      = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST    = +2
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code        = 6370–6374
| area_code_type     = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code          = 045
| website            = {{URL|1=http://www.landgraaf.nl}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Landgraaf''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈlɑntxraːf|lang|142 Landgraaf.ogg}}; {{langx|li|Lankgraaf}} {{IPA|li|ˈlɑŋkxʀaːf|}}){{fix|text=tone?|date=March 2022}} is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in southeastern [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]], [[Netherlands]], forming part of the [[Parkstad Limburg]] agglomeration. ''SnowWorld'' is the largest indoor ski [[piste]] in Europe.

== Population centres ==
*[[Nieuwenhagen]]
*[[Schaesberg]]
*[[Ubach over Worms]]

===Topography===
[[File:Gem-Landgraaf-OpenTopo.jpg|460px]]

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Landgraaf, June 2015''

== Attractions ==
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 SnowWorld.<ref>[https://www.snowworld.com/landgraaf/en Snow World Landgraaf]</ref>

== Notable natives ==
[[File:AnnemarieMol2012.jpg|140px|thumb|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

== See also ==
*[[List of mayors of Landgraaf]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Woonhuis Broekhuizenstraat 107.jpg|Woonhuis Broekhuizenstraat, Landgraaf
File:Im Freizeitpark "Mondo Verde" - panoramio (2).jpg|Im Freizeitpark - Mondo Verde
File:Pastorie Nieuwenhagerheide Hoogstraat 139.jpg|Pastorie Nieuwenhagerheide Hoogstraat
File:Im Freizeitpark "Mondo Verde" - panoramio.jpg|Im Freizeitpark - Mondo Verde
File:Grensstraat 129 gevel N.-W..jpg|Grensstraat 129 gevel, Landgraaf-Waubach
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{commonscat}}
*{{wikivoyage-inline|Landgraaf}}
*[http://www.landgraaf.nl Official website]

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Landgraaf
|North     = [[Übach-Palenberg]]&nbsp;([[Germany|DE]]-[[North Rhine-Westphalia|NW]])
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Herzogenrath]]&nbsp;([[Germany|DE]]-[[North Rhine-Westphalia|NW]])
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Kerkrade]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Heerlen]]
|Northwest = [[Brunssum]]
}}
{{Limburg Province (Netherlands)}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Landgraaf| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:South Limburg (Netherlands)]]


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