Lage

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Lage
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Lage
Lage (Germany)
Lage
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Detmold
District Lippe
Mayor Christian Liebrecht (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 76.02 km² (29.4 sq mi)
Elevation 103 m  (338 ft)
Population 35,850  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 472 /km² (1,221 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate LIP
Postal codes 32779–32791
Area code 05232
Website www.lage.de
Location of Lage within Lippe district
Map

Coordinates: 51°58′0″N 8°48′0″E / 51.96667, 8.8

Lage is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen), Germany, approximatively 8 km northwest of Detmold. It has c. 36,000 inhabitants. The coat of arms of Lage depicts a farmer's plough. The town is not far from the Teutoburg Forest (German: Teutoburger Wald).

The town is twinned with Horsham in the United Kingdom.

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