Hirtshals
Sign in to saveHirtshals is a town and seaport on the coast of Skagerrak on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark, Europe. It is located in Hjørring municipality in Region Nordjylland. The town of Hirtshals has a population of 5,347 (1 January 2025). Located on the Skagerrak, it is especially known for its fishing and ferry harbours.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Hirtshals
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Hirtshals townscape.jpg
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- Hirtshals
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- Denmark#Denmark North Jutland Region
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- right
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- Location in Denmark
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- Country
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- Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Denmark (Nordjylland)
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- Municipality
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- Hjørring
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- Mayor of Hjørring Municipality
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- Settled
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- 1860, when the Lighthouse was built
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- Incorporated (city)
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- 1919-1931
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Denmark
- Located in
- Hjørring Municipality
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.hjoerring.dk
- Image
- View of Hirtshals, as seen from Hirtshals Lighthouse 150601 1.jpg
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- Commons gallery
- Hirtshals
- Commons category
- Hirtshals
- twinned administrative body
- Lysekil Municipality
- inception
- 1995-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hirtshals
- streaming media URL
- balticlivecam.com/cameras/denmark/hirtshals/hirtshals-port-2
via Wikidata · CC0
~9 min read
Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Topography
- Climate
- Waves
- Wind
- Cityscape
- Hirtshals Lighthouse
- Economy
- Culture
- Transportation and infrastructure
- Port of Hirtshals
- Rail transport
- Road transport
- Notable people
- Local radio
- External links
- Links to Hirtshals Weather
- Webcams of Hirtshals Harbour
- References
Hirtshals is a town and seaport on the coast of Skagerrak on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark, Europe. It is located in Hjørring municipality in Region Nordjylland. The town of Hirtshals has a population of 5,347 (1 January 2025). Located on the Skagerrak, it is especially known for its fishing and ferry harbours.
Hirtshals as a relatively new town which was planned from 1919 and built in the 1920s and 1930s in connection with the construction of the artificial harbour, which was built between 1919 and 1931.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hirtshals” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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