Thorsager
Appearance
Thorsager | |
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Town | |
![]() Round church of Thorsager | |
Coordinates: 56°20′39″N 10°27′28″E / 56.34417°N 10.45778°E | |
Country | Denmark |
Region | Central Denmark (Midtjylland) |
Municipality | Syddjurs |
Area | |
• Urban | 0.87 km2 (0.34 sq mi) |
Population (2020) | |
• Urban | 1,329 |
• Urban density | 1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (Central European Summer Time) |
Thorsager is a small town in Jutland, Denmark with a population of 1,329 (1 January 2020 census),[1] located in Thorsager Parish, 6 km north of Rønde. The town lies in Syddjurs Municipality and lies in the Central Denmark Region. Thorsager is especially known for its church, which is Jutland's only round church. It was built around 1200.
Name
Thorsager is Danish for "Thor's Acre" a reference to the Norse God Thor.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Thorsager-Denmark-city-limit-sign.jpg/260px-Thorsager-Denmark-city-limit-sign.jpg)
External links
References
- ^ BY3: Population 1st January, by urban areas The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark