Auning

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Auning

Total population

2,937

Elevation11 m

Coordinates56.43°, 10.38°

Demographic figures from Statistics Denmark. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Auning is a minor town on the main road between Randers and Grenå, with a population of 3,383. It is located in Region Midtjylland and in Norddjurs Municipality. It used to be one of the two major towns in the abolished Sønderhald Municipality, the other being Assentoft which now belongs to Randers Municipality.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Central Denmark

• Vivild
  4.4 mi away · pop. 792
• Ørsted
  5 mi away
• Hollandsbjerg
  5.8 mi away
• Skørring
  6.2 mi away
• Mesballe
  6.3 mi away
• Thorsager
  6.6 mi away
• Ommestrup
  7.3 mi away
• Voer
  7.4 mi away · pop. 161
• Nimtofte
  7.4 mi away
• Hornslet
  8.5 mi away · pop. 6,328
• Assentoft
  8.7 mi away · pop. 3,505
• Rodskov
  9.1 mi away · pop. 235

Browse all places in Central Denmark →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Noctua fimbriata

Seen 2026-09-20

Hawthorn Shield Bug

Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale

Seen 2026-09-18

European Toad

Bufo bufo

Seen 2026-09-18

Great Crested Newt

Triturus cristatus

Seen 2026-09-18

Canary-shouldered Thorn

Ennomos alniaria

Seen 2026-09-17

Nothocasis sertata

Nothocasis sertata

Seen 2026-09-16

False Ladybird

Endomychus coccineus

Seen 2026-09-16

Fox Moth

Macrothylacia rubi

Seen 2026-09-16

Lime-speck Pug

Eupithecia centaureata

Seen 2026-09-15

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).