Gevninge

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Gevninge

Total population

1,662

Air quality index

37Good

Coordinates55.65°, 11.96°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Gevninge is a small town, with a population of 1,636, in Lejre Municipality on the island of Zealand in Denmark. Its old section is located alongside a small river, Lejre Å, approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from its mouth at Roskilde Fjord.

Geography

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

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Saxo Grammaticus

Danish historian

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Patricia Crone

Danish Orientalist and historian (1945–2015)

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Richard Mortensen

Danish painter (1910-1993)

Morten Olsen

Danish handball player

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

Danish jazz upright bassist (1946–2005)

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Rikke Olsen

badminton player

Christian Winther

Danish lyric poet (1796–1876)

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Maria Helsbøl

badminton player

Anders Gamborg

Danish philosopher

Frederik Georg Adeler

(1736-1810)

Jens Brostrup

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Hans Denver

Danish sport shooter (1876–1961)

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Hans Laurids Sørensen

Danish gymnast (1901-1974)

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Peder Hanssøn Litle

Danish nobleman

Sven Ingvar

Swedish physician (1889–1947)

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Mogens Bay Esbensen

Danish chef and author

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Zealand

• Lindenborg
  0.7 mi away · pop. 205
• Kornerup
  1.2 mi away
• Herslev
  1.9 mi away · pop. 215
• Lyndby
  2 mi away · pop. 571
• Svogerslev
  2.3 mi away · pop. 4,289
• Lejre
  2.9 mi away · pop. 2,402
• Torkilstrup
  3.1 mi away · pop. 252
• Allerslev
  3.2 mi away
• Kirke Såby
  3.5 mi away · pop. 1,702
• Øm
  3.9 mi away · pop. 468
• Sæby
  4.1 mi away · pop. 331
• Gershøj
  4.6 mi away · pop. 670

Browse all places in Zealand →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Gallery

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