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Torsted Parish (Danish: Torsted Sogn) is a parish in the Diocese of Aarhus in Horsens Municipality, Denmark.
Torsted Parish
Torsted Sogn | |
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| Coordinates: 55°50′24″N 9°48′29″E / 55.840°N 9.808°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Central Denmark |
| Municipality | Horsens Municipality |
| Diocese | Aarhus |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 9,823[1] |
| Parish number | 7966 |
Torsted is located on the southwestern outskirts of Horsens, 2 miles southwest of the city centre. Its parish number is 7966.[2] In the Church of Denmark, it is a unit of Horsens provsti within the Diocese of Aarhus. Until the 1970 municipal reform, it was also a governmental unit as part of Hatting hundred. In 1924 it included settlements and estates named Torsted, Ørnstrup, Mosegaard and Thorstedhuse.[3]
There is also a Torsted parish in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality, in western Jutland.
Notable people
edit- Ole Sohn (born 1954 in Torsted) a Danish politician and author
- Steen Secher (born 1959 in Torsted) a Danish sailor, bronze medallist at the 1988 Summer Olympics and gold medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Birgitte Froberg (born 1969 in Torsted) a Danish sprint canoer who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics
References
edit- ^ "Population 1. January by parish". statbank.dk. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
- ^ Search, Autoriserede stednavne i Danmark, University of Copenhagen, (in Danish): list of parishes (sogn), map.
- ^ "Thorsted Sogn", Jens Peter Trap, Kongeriget Danmark, Volume 5: Aarhus, Vejle, Ringkjøbing, Ribe og Færø Amter samt Supplement og Stedregister, 3rd ed. Copenhagen: Gad, 1904, OCLC 938384396, p. 350 (in Danish).
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