Græsted
Sign in to saveGræsted is one of the main towns of the Gribskov municipality in the Danish Region Hovedstaden. The town is in northern Sjælland, just south of Gilleleje, and has a population of 3,662 (1 January 2025). The whole of Græsted Parish had 4769 inhabitants (2004).
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Græsted
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
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- Kroogkirkegr%C3%A6sted.jpg
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- Denmark#Denmark Capital Region
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- Location in Denmark
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- Country
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- Denmark
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- Region
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- Capital (Hovedstaden)
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- Municipality
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- Gribskov
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 1.9
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
- Settlement.population_urban
- 3662
- Settlement.population_density_urban_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- CEST
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Notable residents of Græsted
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Græsted is one of the main towns of the Gribskov municipality in the Danish Region Hovedstaden. The town is in northern Sjælland, just south of Gilleleje, and has a population of 3,662 (1 January 2025). The whole of Græsted Parish had 4769 inhabitants (2004).
==History== Græsted's original name was Gresholdt, which means a place with grass and forest. Gresholdt is mentioned for the first time in Esrum Klosterbog in 1299. The area then belonged to Holbo Herred.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Græsted” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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