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Faxe Church in Faxe, Fakse
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Faxe
Faxe (Denmark Region Zealand)
Coordinates: 55°15′19″N12°07′10″E / 55.25528°N 12.11944°E / 55.25528; 12.11944
Country Denmark
Region Region Sjælland
Municipality Faxe
Current municipality2007-01-01
Area
  Urban
2.73 km2 (1.05 sq mi)
Elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2023)
   Urban
[1]
4,189
  Urban density1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
  Gender [2]
2,112 males and 2,077 females
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+1 (CEST)
Postal code
DK-4640 Faxe
Area code (+45) 49

Faxe or Fakse is a town on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It is located in Faxe Municipality in Region Zealand. The town is most known for the Faxe Brewery, Royal Unibrew, a relatively large brewery producing a range of beer and soft drinks, soda, energy drinks, Faxe Kondi and many more and so on. On the edge of town lies a big limestone quarry (1 km2), Faxe Quarry owned by Faxe Kalk. A Haribo Licorice (“Haribo Lakrids A/S”) factory was also founded in Faxe in 1935.

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History

The name Faxe is Old Norse and means "horse mane", probably a reference to its location on a long hill. The town is mentioned in 1280. The first church was built in 1440.

For many years the letter x was considered unnatural in Danish and the Fakse spelling was enforced instead of the Old Norse Faxe. When hyphenated, the x still splits into ks (Fak-se).

A narrow gauge railway line between the Faxe Quarry and the harbor in Faxe Ladeplads opened in 1865. In 1879, the Østbanen railway line from Køge to Faxe opened. The two railway lines were connected in 1880. The quarry's narrow gauge railway was shut down many years ago, but one of the trains from the narrow gauge railway line is located in Faxe mini by as the only and the last train from the narrow gauge railway line. [3] [ circular reference ]

Landmarks

Faxe Church is from the late 15th century. The half-timbered Rasmus Svendsens Skole from 1633 is Denmark's oldest still existing village school. The Jomfruens Egede estate traces its history to 1346.

Notable people

Jesper Olsen, 1983 Jesper Olsen (l) omspeelt Peter van de Ven, Bestanddeelnr 932-7816 (cropped).jpg
Jesper Olsen, 1983
Michael Maze, 2007 Michael Maze.jpg
Michael Maze, 2007

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References

  1. BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. BY1: Population 1st January by urban areas, age and sex The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  3. "Narrow-gauge railways in Denmark - Wikipedia".