Samsø
Sign in to saveSamsø (Anglicized: "Samso" or "Samsoe") is a Danish island in the Kattegat off the Jutland Peninsula. Samsø is located in Samsø municipality. The community has 3,724 inhabitants (2017) (January 2010: 4,010) called Samsings and is in area. Due to its central location, the island was used during the Viking Age as a meeting place. The etymology of the island's name is unknown.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Samsø
- Islands.image_name
- Samsoe.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- An old map of Samsø, Denmark
- Islands.map_image
- Denmark location samso.svg
- Islands.nickname
- "The island in the middle"
- Islands.location
- Kattegat
- Islands.area_km2
- 112
- Islands.highest_mount
- Ballebjerg
- Islands.elevation_m
- 64
- Islands.country
- Denmark
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Region
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Central Denmark Region
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Municipality
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Samsø Municipality
- Islands.country_largest_city
- Tranebjerg
- Islands.country_largest_city_population
- 829
- Islands.population
- 3,724
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2017
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- Stavns Fjord
- South Island
- History
- Norse mythology
- Kanhave canal
- Medieval fortresses
- The quarantine of Kyholm
- German occupation
- Agriculture and sustainable production
- Renewable energy
- Notable people
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Samsø (Anglicized: "Samso" or "Samsoe") is a Danish island in the Kattegat off the Jutland Peninsula. Samsø is located in Samsø municipality. The community has 3,724 inhabitants (2017) (January 2010: 4,010) called Samsings and is in area. Due to its central location, the island was used during the Viking Age as a meeting place. The etymology of the island's name is unknown.
In 1997, Samsø won a government competition to become a model renewable energy community. Now 100% of its electricity comes from wind power and biomass.