railway town
A railway town, or railroad town, is a settlement that originated or was greatly developed because of a railway station or junction at its site.
North America
During the construction of the First transcontinental railroad in the 1860s, temporar ...
with a population of 4,029 (1 January 2022),BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from
Statistics Denmark
Statistics Denmark ( da, Danmarks Statistik) is a Danish governmental organization under the Ministry of the Interior and Housing and which reports to the Minister of Economic and Internal Affairs. The organization is responsible for creating st ...
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Herning Municipality
Herning Municipality is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The municipality covers an area of and has a population of 89,230 (1 January 2022). Its mayor is Dorte West, a member ...
,
Central Denmark Region
The Central Denmark Region ( da, Region Midtjylland), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid Jutland, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish muni ...
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. It is situated 14.6 km northwest 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)Vildbjerg railway station.
Vildbjerg was the municipal seat of the former
Trehøje Municipality Trehøje was a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Ringkjøbing County on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 296 km2, and had a total population of 9,929 (2005). Its mayor was Svend Blæsbjerg, a mem ...
until 1 January 2007.
The town is known as the host town for ''Vildbjerg Cup'', an international youth football (soccer) tournament for boys and girls between 7 and 17 years old, organized by the local club
Vildbjerg SF
Vildbjerg is a railway town with a population of 4,029 (1 January 2022),folkeskole The Danish language, Danish–Norwegian language, Norwegian term Folkeskole ("public school") may refer to any of the following:
* Danish Folkeskole Education, the Danish primary and lower secondary educational system
* Volksschule, a historical pri ...
) in Vildbjerg. It was built in the period 2005-2006 and was the first primary school in Denmark to be built in a Public-Private-Partnership.Vildbjerg School MTHøjgaard
Notable people
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Henrik Risom
Henrik Risom (born 24 July 1968) is a former Danish footballer who played as a midfielder for Vejle, Lyngby, Dynamo Dresden, Odense, Silkeborg IF, Stoke City and Aarhus GF.
Career
Risom was born in Vildbjerg and began his senior career with Vejl ...
(born 1968), a Danish former footballer
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Gudmund Hatt
Professor Aage Gudmund Hatt (1 October 1884 – 27 January 1960) was a Danish archaeologist and cultural geographer. He was a professor of cultural geography at the University of Copenhagen from 1929 through 1947. Also an ethnologist, he was the ...
(1884–1960) a Danish archaeologist and cultural geographer