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Galten is a former railway town in central Denmark, at the Aarhus-Hammel-Thorsø railroad which was closed in 1956. The town is located in Skanderborg Municipality, Region Midtjylland, Jutland – about 17 kilometres (11 miles) – west of Aarhus and is now more or less a satellite town of Aarhus. Today, Galten has almost fused with the neighbouring eastern town of Skovby into an urban area with a population of 9,004 (1 January 2022).[1]
Galten | |
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Town and urban area | |
 Galten church | |
  Galten Location in Denmark  Galten Galten (Denmark Central Denmark Region) | |
| Coordinates: 56°09′12″N 9°54′25″E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Region Midtjylland |
| Municipality | Skanderborg |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 5.88 km2 (2.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Urban | 9,004 |
| • Urban density | 1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
| • Gender [2] | 4,462 males and 4,542 females |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | DK-8464 Galten |
To the west of the town of Galten there are beautiful landscapes. The scenery between Galten and the nearby lakeside town of Ry is characterised by the gently rolling hilly landscape that is so characteristic of eastern Jutland.
Galten is home to the STARCO Europe A/S, a global group for specialty tire and wheel engineering and manufacturing, and furniture maker Skovby Møbelfabrik.[3]
Notable people
- Claus Olesen (born 1974 in Galten) a retired Danish sailor, competed in the 2004 and the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Trine Østergaard (born 1991 in Galten) a Danish handball player for Odense Håndbold and the Danish national team
- Anne Mette Pedersen (born 1992 in Galten) a Danish handball player for FC Midtjylland Håndbold and the Danish national team
References
- BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- "Skovby Møbler". www.skovby.dk. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
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На других языках
[de] Galten (Dänemark)
Galten ist eine dänische Gemeinde im mittleren Ost-Jütland (Region Midtjylland; deutsch: Region Mitteljütland). Sie hat 9004 Einwohner (Stand 1. Januar 2022)[1] und liegt etwa 17 km westlich von Aarhus. Im Rahmen einer weiteren Strukturreform schlossen sich am 1. Januar 2007 die Gemeinden Galten, Hørning und Ry mit Skanderborg zusammen. Das Gesamtgebiet der neuen Skanderborg Kommune umfasst 436,1 km².- [en] Galten, Denmark
[ru] Гальтен
Гальтен (Galten) — город в Дании, бывший посёлок при одноимённой станции в Центральной Ютландии. Расположен примерно в 17 км к западу от города Орхус. Станция перестала использоваться по назначению с закрытием в 1956 году железнодорожной ветки Орхус — Хаммель[da]. С 2007 года Гальтен, слившись с соседним городом Сковби[da], входит в состав коммуны Сканнерборг. Население (вместе с Сковби) — 7827 человек (1 января 2014 года)[1].Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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