Landgraaf

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For the comital title rendered in Dutch as Landgraaf, see Landgrave
Landgraaf
Location of Landgraaf
Country Netherlands
Province Limburg
Area (2006)
 - Total 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)
 - Total 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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[edit] Landgraaf

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.

[edit] Notable natives

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