Odder

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Odder
Odder's pedestrianised high street, Rosensgade

Coat of arms
Odder is located in Denmark
Odder
Location in Denmark
Coordinates: 55°58′36″N 10°8′59″E / 55.97667°N 10.14972°E / 55.97667; 10.14972
Country  Denmark
Region Central Denmark Region
Municipality Odder Municipality
Area[1]
 • Municipal 225 km2 (87 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1][2]
 • Urban 11,375
 • Municipal 21.852
 • Municipal Density 96.51/km2 (250.0/sq mi)
Time zone Central Europe Time (UTC+1)
Website http://www.odder.dk/
Odder parish church
Odder's pedestrianised High Street in the evening, May 2007

Odder is a town in the Odder municipality just south of Aarhus, located in Region Midtjylland. Odder is more or less a satellite town of Aarhus today[citation needed] and with a population of 11,375 (1 January 2011).[3] In the 1980s the town was host of the biggest discothèque in Denmark, called Edelweiss.

The municipality is also a part of the East Jutland metropolitan area with 1.2 million inhabitants. .[4]

In 2006 the mayor of Odder had his official mayor (Burgemeester) necklace stolen from his briefcase[citation needed].

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Vision Østjylland", Miljøministeriet, 20. august 2008 (Danish), a describtion of the East Jutland metropolitan area
  2. ^ BEF44: Population 1st January, by urban areas database from Statistics Denmark
  3. ^ BEF44: Population 1st January, by urban areas database from Statistics Denmark
  4. ^ [1]

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 55°58′N 10°10′E / 55.967°N 10.167°E / 55.967; 10.167


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