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Tårs is a Danish town with a population of 1,839 (1 January 2025) situated in Vendsyssel, the northern part of Jutland. Tårs is a part of Hjørring Municipality.

Key facts

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Tårs
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
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Taars 003 ubt.JPG
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the main street in Tårs
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Denmark#Denmark North Jutland Region
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Location in Denmark
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Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Denmark
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
North Jutland Region
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Municipality
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Hjørring Municipality
Settlement.area_urban_km2
1.5
Settlement.population_as_of
2025
Settlement.population_urban
1839
Settlement.population_density_urban_km2
auto
Settlement.timezone1
CET
Settlement.utc_offset1
+1

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Tårs is a Danish town with a population of 1,839 (1 January 2025) situated in Vendsyssel, the northern part of Jutland. Tårs is a part of Hjørring Municipality.

==History== The name of the village probably originates from the Nordic god Thor. The area was in 1264 mentioned as Thorse, which could mean ''Thor's sanctuary''.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tårs” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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