Velling Kirkeby is a small town in West

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on the peninsula of

Jutland Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...

with a population of only 259 (1 January 2022).BY3: Population 1. January, by urban areas
The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark It is positioned next to the

Ringkøbing Fjord Ringkøbing Fjord, despite its name, is in fact a shallow lagoon on the west coast of Jutland. Skjern River terminates in Ringkøbing Fjord with a large river delta system to the east, and the lagoon is shielded from the North Sea by a long ist ...

which, with its shallow waters combined with the stable west wind, is popular with wind and

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. This town belongs to the

Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality Ringkøbing-Skjern municipality is the largest municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Denmark. It was formed on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 administrative reform from the former municipalities of Egvad, Holmsland, Ringkøbing, Skjern, an ...

The parish church dates to the middle of the 12th century (app. 1150) and is built in the

romanesque style Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe characterized by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque style, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 11th century, this later ...

. Despite the modest size of the town, it has three schools built on the

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"free school" ( friskoleloven) and "public enlightenment" traditions in the parish. The schools are; Velling Friskole, Fjordvang Efterskole and Vestjyllands Højskole.

References

Cities and towns in the Central Denmark Region Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality {{CentralDK-stub