Vorupør Parish
Sign in to saveVorupør is a coastal parish in the district of Thy on the North Sea coast of Jutland, Denmark. The major and northern settlement, Nørre Vorupør, has a population of 591 (1 January 2025) while Sønder Vorupør 2 km further south is much smaller. Vorupør is situated in Thisted Municipality, North Denmark Region.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Vorupør
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vorupør_Denmark_Harbour.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The landing site with small fishing dinghies at the front and larger coastal boats in the background
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Denmark (Nordjylland)
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Thisted
- Settlement.established_date
- 1801
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_total
- 662
- Settlement.population_as_of
- April 2025
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone1
- Central European Time
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +1
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal code
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Denmark
- Located in
- Thisted Municipality
- Image
- Vorupør Denmark Harbour.jpg
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- Vorupør
- diocese
- Diocese of Aalborg
- inception
- 1983-01-01
- described at URL
- sogn.dk/vorupoer
- Commons category
- Vorupør Sogn
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Fishery
- References
- External links
Vorupør is a coastal parish in the district of Thy on the North Sea coast of Jutland, Denmark. The major and northern settlement, Nørre Vorupør, has a population of 591 (1 January 2025) while Sønder Vorupør 2 km further south is much smaller. Vorupør is situated in Thisted Municipality, North Denmark Region.
While the traditional occupation was fishery, it is today mainly a small-scale tourist resort, known for its beaches, nature and relative unspoiltness, as compared to other resorts. Vorupør is situated in the middle of the Thy National Park which was inaugurated in 2008, however, the vast dune and heath areas surrounding the village have been protected areas for some decades.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vorupør Parish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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