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Landgraaf (The Netherlands)

Limburg province

Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.flagchart.net
adopted 13 Oct 1983.

Landgraaf municipality
Landgraaf Coat of Arms
Nieuwenhagen
Schaesberg
Ubach over Worms

See also:

Landgraaf municipality

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 40.081; area: 24,68 km². Settlements: Nieuwenhagen, Schaesberg, Ubach over Worms.
Landgraaf is a new municipality, consisting of the old municipalities of Nieuwenhagen, Schaesberg, Ubach over Worms, which merged in 1982. It is just north of Heerlen; Schaesberg was a major mining town while the other parts of the municipalities were more rural in character. Now it is virtually part of the Heerlen metropolitan area. It has national fame because of the yearly PinkPop festival.
Flag: three vertical stripes blue - yellow - red, proportioned 1:2:1, with in the center a standing black pole, on top of which are three laurel-leaves. overall proportions: 7:10.
Jarig Bakker, 8 December 1999

Landgraaf Coat of Arms

image from the Landgraaf municipal website.

Granted 28 Jan 1982.

Nieuwenhagen former municipality

Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.flagchart.net

adopted 27 May 1957

Schaesberg former municipality

Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.flagchart.net

adopted 13 Jun 1961

Ubach over Worms [former municipality]

Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.flagchart.net

adopted 8 May 1967.

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