Grenå
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| Grenaa or Grenå | ||
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 Statue of Søren Kanne (1801-1860) in Grenaa, Denmark. Photo: Jakob Øhlenschlæger.
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| Country | Denmark | |
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| Region | Region Midtjylland | |
| Municipality | Norddjurs municipality | |
| Coordinates | 56°25′N 10°53′E / 56.417°N 10.883°E | |
| Population | 14,308 (2011) | |
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 8500 | |
  The location of Grenaa in Denmark
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Grenaa or Grenå is a town in central Denmark with a population of 14,308 (1 January 2011)[1]. The town centre is about 2 km west of the east coast of the Djursland peninsula in Jutland's Region Midtjylland. The town is the municipal seat and the largest town in Norddjurs Municipality.
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[edit] Transport
Grenå is a seaport, with ferry connections to the Danish island of Anholt and to the Swedish town of Varberg.
The town has its own railway station, which is the eastern terminus of the Grenaabanen (Grenå railway).
[edit] Notable Persons from Grenaa
- Sharin Foo - the vocalist, bassist and guitarist of The Raveonettes, is from Emmelev just outside Grenaa.
- August Krogh - winner of the 1920 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
- Ferdinand Sorenson - prominent Oregon music educator, conductor, composer, dance instructor and performer.
[edit] Gallery
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Grenaa Forest Lake (Skovsø), in Grenaa, Denmark. Photo: Bjarke Freund-Hansen (May 2005).
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Grenaa Church
[edit] References
- ^ BEF44: Population 1st January, by urban areas database from Statistics Denmark
[edit] See also
- Aarhus (Århus), Ebeltoft and Randers - nearby cities
- Grenaa Gymnasium & HF - secondary school
[edit] External links
Media related to Grenaa at Wikimedia Commons- Official municipality website
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