Nørre Nissum

Town in Central Denmark Region, Denmark

56°32′58″N 8°25′04″E / 56.54950°N 8.41789°E / 56.54950; 8.41789CountryDenmarkRegionCentral Denmark RegionMunicipalityLemvig MunicipalityArea

• Urban

1.09 km² (0.42 sq mi)Population

(2024)^[1]

• Urban

980 • Urban density900/km² (2,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

DK-7620 Lemvig

Nørre Nissum is a village situated in western Jutland, Denmark with a population of 980 (1 January 2024).^[1] Nearest larger town is Lemvig with a population of about 7000. This village has Denmark's smallest teachers training college: Nørre Nissum Seminarium and HF.

Notable people

Thorkild Fogde (born 18 July 1965) a Danish police officer and current Rigspolitichef
Aage Kirkegaard (1914 in Nørre Nissum – 1992) a Danish field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
Marie Jepsen (1940–2018), member of European Parliament^[2]
Ellen Trane Nørby (born 1980) a Danish politician, brought up in Nørre Nissum

References

^ ^a ^b BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
^ Washuus, Dorte (4 June 2008). "Grundloven er værd at fejre" [The Constitution is worth celebrating]. Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 19 January 2023.