Aalestrup

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Aalestrup
Ålestrup
Town
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Town hall of Aalestrup.
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Cycle city
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Aalestrup
Location in Denmark
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Aalestrup
Aalestrup (North Jutland Region)
Coordinates: 56°41′38″N9°29′34″E / 56.69389°N 9.49278°E / 56.69389; 9.49278
Country Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Region Region Nordjylland
Municipality Vesthimmerland
Area
  Urban
2.8 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)
   Urban
2,794
  Urban density1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+1 (CEST)
Postal code
9620

Aalestrup is a town in Vesthimmerland Municipality with a population of 2,794 (1 January 2023) [1] in Region Nordjylland in Denmark.

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Facilities

Aalestrup School has 294 students, divided into 0.-6. Class stage, as well as the SFO Kvisten. [3] After grade 6, students can continue at Aalestrup Real School, founded in 1904, and is a secondary school with 171 students, divided between 7 and 9. grade. [4] The city also has after-school Aalestrup Nature after school. [2]

Aalestrup Idrætscenter and Friluftsbad have two halls. The open-air swimming pool is open during the 3 summer months, where the 3 basins have 27 ° hot water. In addition, the center has a hostel with 10 rooms and a total of 37 beds. The city also has Hotel Hvide Kro, built in 1902 and has 22 rooms and 3 banquet rooms. [3]

Aalestrup Municipality

Before the Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), Aalestrup municipality was a municipality (Danish, kommune ) in Viborg County on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 176 km2 (68 sq mi), and had a total population of 7,631 (2005)[ citation needed ]. Its latest mayor was Rigmor Sandborg.

The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Aalestrup. The municipality was located on the eastern shores of the area known as Himmerland , a part of the Jutland peninsula

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References

  1. BY3: Population 1st January, by urban areas The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. "Aalestrup Idrætscenter og Friluftsbad".
  3. "Hotel hvide kro". Archived from the original on 2018-10-26. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  4. IMDb Database retrieved 01 May 2020