Foulum is a small
Danish village with around 100
households
A household consists of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling. It may be of a single family or another type of person group. The household is the basic unit of analysis in many social, microeconomic and government models, and is impo ...
(the settlement Formyre also included) in the Tjele parish located in Central
Jutland eight kilometres east of
Viborg. Foulum is a part of
Region Midtjylland and a part of the
Viborg municipality
Viborg municipality is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,421.04 km2, and has a population of 94,622 (1 April 2014). Søren Pap ...
. Despite the small size of the village, three major centres for science and innovation are localized in Foulum: DCA - Danish Centre for Food and Agriculture, Agro Business Park and commencing 2017, the Apple Data Centre.
The
thief Niels Heidenreich, who stole the
Golden Horns of Gallehus, was born in Foulum in 1761. Foulum is also mentioned in a novel by the author
Steen Steensen Blicher
Steen Steensen Blicher (11 October 1782, Vium – 26 March 1848 in Spentrup) was an author and poet born in Vium near Viborg, Denmark.
Biography
Blicher was the son of a literarily inclined Jutlandic parson whose family was distantly rela ...
under the fictitious name Føulum.
Centres for science and innovation in Foulum
* DCA - Danish Centre for Food and Agriculture (also called AU Foulum): A research centre founded in 1984. It has 700 employees. The centre has been a part of
Aarhus University
Aarhus University ( da, Aarhus Universitet, abbreviated AU) is a public research university with its main campus located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Gr ...
since 2007.
* Agro Business Park: A business and science park for knowledge based innovation and entrepreneurship within agriculture, bioenergy, environmental technologies and food processing.
*
Apple Data Centre: On February 23, 2015 the IT company
Apple announced its plans to build a data centre in Foulum. The first part will begin operation in 2017, and it will be expanded until 2026. The construction of the centre will cost €840 mill. and will measure 166,000 square metres. The presence of Denmark's biggest transformer station has been an important argument for the localization of the Data Centre in Foulum. Through the station the centre will be supplied with huge amounts of green energy from
hydropower plants in Norway.
* Google Data Centre: Also the IT company
Google announced plans to build a data centre in Foulum. The construction will measure 131 hectare (324 acres).
References
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Villages in Denmark
Populated places in Central Denmark Region