Hundstrup is a small town located on the island of

Funen Funen ( da, Fyn, ), with an area of , is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy. It is the 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 469,947 as of ...

in south-central

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, in Svendborg Municipality. It is four kilometers north of

Vester Skerninge Vester Skerninge is a town located on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, in Svendborg Municipality. The town was the seat of the Egebjerg Municipality prior to the municipal reform in 2007, when it merged into the Svendborg Municipal ...

and 14 kilometers northwest of Svendborg. The apple variety,

Filippa Filippa is a given name meaning "lover of horses" or "horses' friend". Common alternative spellings include ''Philippa'', ''Phillippa'' or ''Filipa''. It is the feminine form of the masculine name ''Philip'' in Scandinavia, Italy, Greece, Cyprus (� ...

originated in Hundstrup.

Den selvforsynende landsby

Den Selvforsynende Landsby (English: ''The Self-sufficient Village'') is a

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...

ecovillage situated in Hundstrup. The village was founded in 2002 with the intention of creating a community using

permaculture Permaculture is an approach to land management and settlement design that adopts arrangements observed in flourishing natural ecosystems. It includes a set of design principles derived using whole-systems thinking. It applies these principle ...

techniques and the project began in 2004 when farmland outside of Hundstrup was purchased. As of 2014, the village has a population of about 65.

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Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark Svendborg Municipality {{SouthernDK-stub