Favrskov Municipality

municipality of Denmark

Hinnerup is a small town in eastern Jutland, Denmark, in Favrskov Municipality, Region Midtjylland, northwest of Aarhus. It has become mostly a suburb, and is connected to Aarhus by Søften, Lisbjerg and Skejby. The town has a population of 8,529 (1 January 2025).

Hammel is a town in central Denmark with a population of 7,234 (1 January 2025), and a former railway town at the Aarhus-Hammel-Thorsø railroad which was closed in 1956. The town is located in Favrskov municipality in Jutland. Until 1 January 2007 it was also the site of the municipal council of the now former Hammel Municipality.

Søften (alternative spellings include Suten–1386, Suchten–1399, and Søwten–1489) is a small Danish town in Jutland, roughly three kilometers south of Hinnerup and just northwest of Aarhus. Søften has a population of 3,129 (1 January 2025). Archaeological surveys of the area indicate the earliest settlements dates to the Nordic Iron Age.

Hvorslev is a Danish village of Region Midtjylland with a population of 212 (1 January 2025). It is, both with the towns of Hadsten, Hinnerup and Hammel, the administrative seat of Favrskov Municipality and until 1 January 2007 it was the seat of the former Hvorslev Municipality.