Gjøl

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Gjøl

Total population

927

Air quality index

53Moderate

Coordinates57.07°, 9.72°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Gjøl is a town on the north coast of the Limfjord in North Jutland, Denmark. It is located in Jammerbugt Municipality, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of Aalborg, extending along the base of a glacial moraine. The shallow part of the fjord to the west of the ridge, Gjøl Bredning, is a wildlife preserve.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

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

Niels Busk

Danish politician

Hans Nielsen

Danish speedway rider

Sofie Rostrup

Danish entomologist

M

Marinus Larsen

Sophus Skeel

(1836-1897)

B

Bertel Krause

Danish actor

C

Cajus Bruun

Danish actor (1866-1919)

C

Christian Frederik von Levetzau

Danish military personnel (1682-1756)

Ellen Christensen

Danish nurse

Jens Henry Nielsen

Danish speedway driver

M

Mogens Wingaard

Danish poet

N

Niels Peter Madsen-Mygdal

Danish politician (1835-1913)

Nick Clausen

Danish children's writer

Nickolaj Thomsen

Danish association football player

Erik Skeel

Danish military officer, estate owner

O

Otto Skeel

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

Nearby places in North Denmark

• Nørholm
  2.2 mi away · pop. 251
• Østerby
  4.4 mi away · pop. 400
• Sønderholm
  4.5 mi away · pop. 869
• Arentsminde
  5.1 mi away · pop. 456
• Halvrimmen
  5.7 mi away · pop. 686
• Birkelse
  5.7 mi away · pop. 710
• Vadum
  6.3 mi away · pop. 2,300
• Aabybro
  6.4 mi away · pop. 5,528
• Nibe
  6.5 mi away · pop. 5,097
• Biersted
  6.7 mi away · pop. 1,704
• Brovst
  7.5 mi away · pop. 2,776
• Nørresundby
  7.8 mi away · pop. 22,859

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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

Granulated Ground Beetle

Carabus granulatus

Seen 2026-06-28

Holly Blue

Celastrina argiolus

Seen 2026-06-28

Common Swift

Apus apus

Seen 2026-06-27

creeping Jenny

Lysimachia nummularia

Seen 2026-06-27

Tree Bumble Bee

Bombus hypnorum

Seen 2026-06-27

Common Moon Jelly

Aurelia aurita

Seen 2026-06-26

European Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

Seen 2026-06-26

Dark Green Fritillary

Argynnis aglaja

Seen 2026-06-25

Brown Hare

Lepus europaeus

Seen 2026-06-24

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