Lage, North Rhine-Westphalia

Lage
Market square
Market square
Coat of arms of Lage
Location of Lage within Lippe district
North Rhine-WestphaliaLower SaxonyHöxter (district)Paderborn (district)Gütersloh (district)BielefeldMinden-LübbeckeHerford (district)DetmoldBarntrupBlombergDörentrupSchlangenLemgoLageAugustdorfBad SalzuflenExtertalLeopoldshöheHorn-Bad MeinbergLügdeSchieder-SchwalenbergOerlinghausenKalletal
Lage is located in Germany
Lage
Lage
Lage is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Lage
Lage
Coordinates: 51°59′20″N 8°47′40″E / 51.98889°N 8.79444°E / 51.98889; 8.79444
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionDetmold
DistrictLippe
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Matthias Kalkreuter[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total76.04 km2 (29.36 sq mi)
Elevation
100 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total35,311
 • Density460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
32779–32791
Dialling codes05232
Vehicle registrationLIP
Websitewww.lage.de

Lage (pronounced [ˈlaːgə]) is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, approximatively 8 km northwest of the administrative centre Detmold. It has 35,099 inhabitants (2016).[3] The coat of arms of Lage depicts a farmer's plough. The city is not far from the Teutoburg Forest. Due to its convenient location Lage developed into a traffic hub in the former Principality of Lippe, today's district of Lippe.

  1. ^ Bürgermeisterstichwahl Stadt Lage 16.06.2019, accessed 21 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  3. ^ "IT.NRW – Publikationsservice: Detailinfo". webshop.it.nrw.de. Retrieved 24 July 2018.