Hemmet

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Hemmet

Total population

326

Coordinates55.85°, 8.37°

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

Overview

Hemmet is a village and parish in the former Egvad Municipality, which since 1 January 2007 has been part of the Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality, Midtjylland, near the west coast of Jutland in Denmark. Hemmet has a village population of 285 and a parish population of 518. The word "Hemmet" derives from prior Danish, meaning "The home".

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Christian Christiansen

Danish physicist (1843-1917)

Agner Krarup Erlang

Danish mathematician, statistician and engineer (1878–1929)

Christen C. Raunkiær

Danish scientist (1860–1938)

P

Peder Munk

Danish admiral

G

Grete Stenbæk Jensen

Danish author (1925–2009)

Ole Borch

Danish scientist (1626-1690)

Morten Eskesen

Danish composer (1826–1913)

G

Gunner Engberg

A

Ancher Anchersen

Danish physician (1702-1760)

Andreas Charles Teilman

Danish writer

C

Christian Christensen

Danish teacher and politician

Johannes Magdahl Nielsen

Danish architect (1862-1941)

J

Johannes Peder Anchersen

Danish classical philologist and historian (1700-1765)

L

Leif Bork Hansen

N

Nikolai Fogtmann

Danish theologian

T

Tøger Reenberg Teilmann

Danish military officer

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

Nearby places in Central Denmark

• Sønder Vium
  2.3 mi away · pop. 195
• Nørre Bork
  2.4 mi away
• Bork Havn
  3.6 mi away
• Sønder Bork
  3.8 mi away · pop. 152
• Lønborg
  4.6 mi away · pop. 248
• Skjern
  8.1 mi away · pop. 7,866
• Haurvig
  10.1 mi away
• Bølling
  11.5 mi away · pop. 203
• Lem
  12.3 mi away
• Borris
  13.1 mi away · pop. 827
• Astrup
  14 mi away
• Velling
  14.2 mi away

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

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-09-26

Northern Wheatear

Oenanthe oenanthe

Seen 2026-09-25

10-spot Ladybird

Adalia decempunctata

Seen 2026-09-25

Four-spot Orbweaver

Araneus quadratus

Seen 2026-09-25

Redstem Stork's-bill

Erodium cicutarium

Seen 2026-09-24

Canestrini's Harvestman

Opilio canestrinii

Seen 2026-09-23

European Toad

Bufo bufo

Seen 2026-09-23

Adder

Vipera berus

Seen 2026-09-22

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Seen 2026-09-22

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