Otterup

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Otterup

Total population

4,522

Elevation9 m

Coordinates55.52°, 10.40°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Otterup is a town in central Denmark, located in Nordfyn municipality. It is on the island of Funen, with a population of 5,264. Between 1889 and 1994 the Schultz & Larsen rifle factory was working from this small town.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Carl von Blixen-Finecke

Danish minister of foreign affairs (1822-1873)

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Peder Pedersen

Danish cyclist (1945-2015)

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Martin Knudsen

Danish physicist (1871-1949)

Jørgen Leschly Sørensen

Danish footballer (1922-1999)

Leif Davidsen

Danish writer

Jørgen Møller

Danish chess player (1873-1944)

Petra Petersen

Danish resistance figher and communist politician

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Peter Andreas Christian Heiberg

botanist (1837-1875)

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Marius Tscherning

Danish Ophthalmologist

Uffe Schultz Larsen

Danish sport shooter (1921-2005)

Lisbet Bryske

Danish landowner and genealogist

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Bent Dyssemark

Danish politician (1942-2017)

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Christian Carl Pflueg

Danish officer and architect (1728–1809)

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Holger Rosenkrantz

Danish architect (1702-1785)

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Iver Christian Lasson

Danish officer (1754-1823)

Klaus Larsen

Danish association football player

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

Nearby places in Southern Denmark

• Lunde
  2.6 mi away · pop. 367
• Kappendrup
  2.6 mi away
• Hasmark
  3.1 mi away
• Klintebjerg
  3.1 mi away
• Uggerslev
  3.8 mi away
• Hasmark Strand
  4 mi away
• Bårdesø
  4.1 mi away
• Lumby
  4.1 mi away · pop. 792
• Skamby
  4.9 mi away · pop. 445
• Tørresø Strand
  5.5 mi away
• Søndersø
  6.1 mi away · pop. 3,189
• Næsbyhoved-Broby
  6.4 mi away · pop. 1,524

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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.

Official Identifiers