Sunds is a town, with a population of 4,299 (1. January 2023), in the municipality of
Herning
Herning () is a Danish town in the Central Denmark Region of the Jutland peninsula. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Herning Municipality. Herning has a population of 50,565 (1 January 2022)Central Denmark Region in Denmark. It is located 13 km northwest of Ikast, 39 km southwest of Viborg, 44 km south of Skive and 8 km north of
Herning
Herning () is a Danish town in the Central Denmark Region of the Jutland peninsula. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Herning Municipality. Herning has a population of 50,565 (1 January 2022)Old Danish
The Danish language developed during the Middle Ages out of Old East Norse, the common predecessor of Danish and Swedish. It was a late form of common Old Norse. The Danish philologist Johannes Brøndum-Nielsen divided the history of Danish into ...
noun ''sǣ'', which is a side form of ''sø'', meaning 'lake'. The name thus means 'swimming lake'.
History
Even at the census of 1901, Sunds had only 65 inhabitants spread over 13 properties. When the railroad between
Herning
Herning () is a Danish town in the Central Denmark Region of the Jutland peninsula. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Herning Municipality. Herning has a population of 50,565 (1 January 2022)Viborg opened in 1906, Sunds got a station, and this set in motion urban development. By 1925, Sunds had 308 inhabitants.
The population continued to rise through the 20th century; in 1960 there were 1,039 inhabitants, and in 1970 there were 2,191. The extensive textile industry in the Herning region left a strong mark on Sunds, as the city in the mid-1960s was home to 12 knitwear factories. From the middle of the 20th century, Sunds and the surrounding area were also increasingly influenced by tourism, as attracted many tourists who, among other things, enjoyed opportunities for swimming and fishing.
After 1970, Sunds developed into a suburb of Herning, and in 2006 the city had 3,759 inhabitants. The railway closed to passenger traffic in 1971. Several single-family housing districts emerged, but also a number of industries within a relatively wide range of production branches. Among the most important is Kyocera Unimerco (founded 1964), which produces tools for the metal, energy and food industries as well as measurement technology, Danfoss Gemina (1987), which manufactures heat exchangers, and Joha (founded 1963), which supplies children's clothing.
Nîmes
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René Munk Thalund René Munk Thalund (born 20 November 1971) is the keyboard player in the Danish band Nephew.
In addition to his participation in Nephew, he has worked in the electronic genre. In the '90s, he worked with Carsten Heller and Jesper Birk to release e ...
(1971–), keyboard player of the band
Nephew
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