Kjellerup
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Kjellerup | |
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 Hørup church in Kjellerup | |
  Kjellerup Location in Denmark  Kjellerup Kjellerup (Denmark Central Denmark Region) | |
| Coordinates: 56°17′05″N 09°26′00″E / 56.28472°N 9.43333°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Central Denmark (Midtjylland) |
| Municipality | Silkeborg |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 3.8 km2 (1.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
| • Urban | 5,223 |
| • Urban density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) |
| • Gender [2] | 2,500 males and 2,723 females |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 8620 Kjellerup |
Kjellerup is a Danish town with a population of 5,223 (1 January 2023).[1] It is located 17 km north of Silkeborg and 20 km south of Viborg in Central Jutland.
The town was the seat of the former Kjellerup Municipality.
Notable people[edit]
- Ditlev Trappo Saugmand Bjerregaard (1852 in Højbjerg – 1916 in Kjellerup) a businessman, traditional musician and composer of traditional dance music, owned a music shop in Kjellerup
- Søren Malling (born 1964) a Danish actor, raised and lives in Kjellerup [3]
- Henrik Vibskov (born 1972 in Kjellerup) a Danish fashion designer
- Henrik Pedersen (born 1975 in Kjellerup) a retired Danish footballer, 398 club caps and 3 for Denmark
- Svend-Allan Sørensen (born 1975) a conceptual artist of figured birds
- Thomas Holm (born 1978) singer-songwriter, born and raised in Kjellerup
References[edit]
- ^ a b BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ IMDb Database retrieved 26 May 2020
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