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Mariager is a town in Denmark with a population of 2,650 (1 January 2025). It is situated on the southern shores of the inlet of Mariager Fjord in Mariagerfjord municipality, North Denmark Region in Jutland. This part of Jutland is also known as Kronjylland (Crown Jutland).

Key facts

Settlement.name
Mariager
Settlement.nickname
Rosernes By (Town of Roses)
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_skyline
File:Mariager - udsigt1.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Mariager with a view towards the fjord
Settlement.image_shield
Image:Coat of arms of Mariager.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Denmark#Denmark North Jutland Region
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Denmark
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Denmark
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
North Denmark Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Mariagerfjord
Settlement.established_title
Foundation
Settlement.area_urban_km2
1.9
Settlement.population_as_of
1. January 2025

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Country
Denmark
Elevation
25
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Image
Mariager - udsigt1.jpg
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Commons category
Mariager
different from
Mariager Municipality
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Mariager is a town in Denmark with a population of 2,650 (1 January 2025). It is situated on the southern shores of the inlet of Mariager Fjord in Mariagerfjord municipality, North Denmark Region in Jutland. This part of Jutland is also known as Kronjylland (Crown Jutland).

== Notable people == Mariane Bournonville (1768 in Mariager – 1797) a ballerina, active at the Royal Danish Ballet in 1784-1796 Vilhelm Dahlerup (1836 in Mariager – 1907) architect who specialized in the Historicist style Budtz Müller (1837 in Mariager – 1884) a pioneering Danish photographer Philip Smidth (1855 in Mariager – 1938) a prolific architect in the Historicist style Peter Nansen (1861–1918 in Mariager) novelist, journalist, and publisher Aksel Nielsen (1901 in Mariager – 1984) a Danish-American philanthropist, emigrated 1910 Erik Bach (born 1946 in Mariager), classical composer and former principal of Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus Emmelie de Forest (born 1993), singer and songwriter, brought up in Mariager

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mariager” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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