Voel

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Voel

Total population

1,432

Coordinates56.19°, 9.69°

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

Overview

Voel is a town, with a population of 1,995, in Silkeborg Municipality, Central Denmark Region in Denmark. It is located 10 km east of Silkeborg and 35 km west of Aarhus.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Daniel Foder

Danish bicycle racer, born 1983

Johannes Fibiger

Danish physician

T

Tage Kaarsted

Danish historian, university professor and author (1928-1994)

A

Aage B. Sørensen

Danish-American sociologist (1941-2001)

Martin Laursen

Danish footballer

Lars Bak

Danish road bicycle racer, born 1980

Ida Bobach

Danish orienteer

Thomas Bjørn

professional golfer

Annika Langvad

Danish cyclist, born 1984

Harald Madsen

Danish actor (1890–1949)

Eskild Ebbesen

Danish lightweight rower (born 1972)

Jesper Skibby

Danish cyclist, born 1964

Kasper Andersen

Danish racing driver

Martin Ørnskov

Danish footballer

Allan Johansen

Danish road bicycle racer, born 1971

L

Lau Lauritzen Sr.

Danish film director (1878–1938)

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

Nearby places in Central Denmark

• Fårvang
  5.7 mi away · pop. 1,410
• Virklund
  6.7 mi away · pop. 3,113
• Sall
  8.1 mi away
• Galten
  8.6 mi away · pop. 4,895
• Hårby
  10.8 mi away
• Lading
  11.2 mi away
• Voerladegård
  11.4 mi away
• Jeksen
  12.5 mi away
• Vrads
  13.8 mi away
• Hørning
  14.9 mi away · pop. 6,085
• True
  15.2 mi away · pop. 67
• Hinnerup
  15.4 mi away · pop. 7,808

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

Eurasian Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Seen 2026-09-28

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-27

False Death-cap

Amanita citrina

Seen 2026-09-27

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-09-27

King Bolete

Boletus edulis

Seen 2026-09-27

Amethyst Deceiver

Laccaria amethystina

Seen 2026-09-27

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-26

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