Aggersund
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Aggersund is a town and harbour with a population of 354 (1 January 2011) in the Himmerland
region of the Jutland
peninsula
of Denmark
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At Aggersund HVDC Cross-Skagerak
crosses the strait of same name on 70 metres tall pylons.
Aggersborg
, the largest of Denmark's former Viking ring castles
, is located near Aggersund.
Himmerland
Himmerland is a peninsula in northeastern Jutland, Denmark. It is delimited to the north and the west by the Limfjord, to the east by the Kattegat, and to the south by the Mariager Fjord. The largest city is Aalborg; smaller towns include Hobro, Aars, Løgstør, Støvring and Nibe...
region of the Jutland
Jutland
Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...
peninsula
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
of Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
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At Aggersund HVDC Cross-Skagerak
Cross-Skagerak
Cross-Skagerrak is the name of an high-voltage direct current transmission facility between Tjele and Kristiansand . It is owned and operated by Statnett in Norway, and Energinet.dk in Denmark.-Technical features:...
crosses the strait of same name on 70 metres tall pylons.
Aggersborg
Aggersborg
Aggersborg is the largest of Denmark's former Viking ring castles, and one of the largest archeological sites in Denmark. It is located near Aggersund on the north side of the Limfjord. It consisted of a circular rampart surrounded by a ditch. Four main roads arranged in a cross connected the...
, the largest of Denmark's former Viking ring castles
Viking ring castles
Trelleborg is a collective name for six Viking Age circular forts, located in Denmark and the southern part of modern Sweden. Five of them have been dated to the reign of the Harold Bluetooth of Denmark...
, is located near Aggersund.