Snoghøj

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Snoghøj

Total population

2,371

Elevation17 m

Coordinates55.52°, 9.72°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Snoghøj is a district of Fredericia, Denmark, between Erritsø and Middelfart that developed because of the Højskole that was built there. The district has a population of nearly 3,000 people, and an average of 16 snow days and 97 rain days per year. The average temperature is 2 degrees Celsius in the winter, and 14 degrees Celsius in the summer.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

C

Cecil Bødker

Danish writer (1927–2020)

Thomas Sørensen

Danish footballer (born 1976)

Henrik Pontoppidan

Danish writer, Nobel Laureate

Magdalene Thoresen

Danish-born Norwegian writer

Carina Christensen

Danish politician

E

Erik Moseholm

Danish jazz composer (1930–2012)

Vilhelm Buhl

Danish politician (1881–1954)

Katrine Veje

Danish footballer

P

Peter Kjær

Danish footballer (born 1965)

J

Jesper Bank

Danish sailor and Olympic champion

Carit Etlar

Danish author (1816-1900)

Wilhelm Meyer

Danish physician (1824-1895)

Kristian Blak

Faroese composer

Kim Christensen

Danish footballer (born 1979)

Johan Lange

Danish botanist (1818-1898)

T

Tage Skou-Hansen

Danish author (1925–2015)

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

Nearby places in Southern Denmark

• Middelfart
  1.7 mi away
• Strib
  2.4 mi away · pop. 4,425
• Fredericia
  3.3 mi away · pop. 41,044
• Skærbæk
  3.5 mi away · pop. 2,033
• Vejlby
  3.9 mi away · pop. 207
• Ullerup
  3.9 mi away
• Kauslunde
  4.5 mi away · pop. 572
• Vejlby Fed
  5.2 mi away
• Egeskov
  6.4 mi away
• Herslev
  6.7 mi away · pop. 354
• Boegeskov
  6.9 mi away · pop. 304
• Eltang
  7.2 mi away

Browse all places in Southern 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

Marbled White-spot

Deltote pygarga

Seen 2026-09-17

Small Copper

Lycaena phlaeas

Seen 2026-09-16

floating-leaved pondweed

Potamogeton natans

Seen 2026-09-15

Wasp Spider

Argiope bruennichi

Seen 2026-09-15

European Toad

Bufo bufo

Seen 2026-09-13

Dark Bush-cricket

Pholidoptera griseoaptera

Seen 2026-09-13

Vespillo Burying Beetle

Nicrophorus vespillo

Seen 2026-09-13

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-09-12

Old man's beard

Clematis vitalba

Seen 2026-09-12

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