Hammel
Sign in to saveHammel 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.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hammel
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Hammel - Stationsbygningen2.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- The building of the former railway station
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- Denmark#Denmark Central Denmark Region
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- Location in Denmark
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- Country
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- Denmark
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- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Region Midtjylland
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- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Favrskov Municipality
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 5.4
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
- Settlement.population_urban
- 7234
- Settlement.population_density_urban_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Gender
- Settlement.population_blank1
- 3522 males and 3712 females
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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.
== History == Hammel first saw significant settlement in the 13th century. The town was recorded as "Hamel" in 1479 and "Hammell" in 1596. The etymology of the town's name is believed to derive from the old Danish term "hamal", meaning "hill".