railway town
A railway town, or railroad town, is a settlement that originated, or was expanded, as a result of a railway line being constructed there.
North America
During the construction of the First transcontinental railroad in the 1860s, temporary, ...
, with a population of 5,050 (1 January 2025),BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from
Statistics Denmark
Statistics Denmark () is a Danish governmental organization under the Ministry of the Interior and Housing, reporting to the Minister of Economic and Internal Affairs. The organization is responsible for creating statistics on the Danish society ...
in
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...
30 km northwest of
Vejle
Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality (''Municipalities of De ...
. As a result of "The Municipal Reform" of 2007
Give Municipality
Until 1 January 2007 Give municipality was a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Vejle County on the Jutland peninsula in southeast Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 403 km2, and had a total population of 14,090 (2005). Its ...
was forced to join
Vejle Municipality
Vejle Municipality () is a '' kommune'' in the Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in southeast Denmark. The municipality covers an area of (2013), and has a population of 122,433 (1. January 2025). Its mayor is Jens Ejner Christ ...
by the Løkke government.
The town is served by Give railway station which used to be the last stop going northwest from Vejle. Later the railway line would be continued to
Herning
Herning () is a Denmark, 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 51,782 (1 January 2025)
and
Holstebro
Holstebro is the main town in Holstebro Municipality, Denmark. The town, bisected by Storå, Denmark, ''Storåen'' ("The Large Creek") and has a population of 37,487 (1 January 2025).Give VisitVejle
Business
Give is, with 55 specialty and retail stores, the shopping center for Vejle Municipality's western area.
DAN CAKE, a manufacturer of
cakes
Cake is a flour confection usually made from flour, sugar, and other ingredients and is usually baked. In their oldest forms, cakes were modifications of bread, but cakes now cover a wide range of preparations that can be simple or elabora ...
,
tarts
A tart is a baked dish consisting of a filling over a pastry base with an open top not covered with pastry. The pastry is usually shortcrust pastry; the filling may be sweet or savoury, though modern tarts are usually fruit-based, sometimes with ...
and
swiss rolls
A Swiss roll, jelly roll (United States), roll cake, cream roll, roulade, Swiss log or swiss cake is a type of rolled sponge cake filled with whipped cream, jam, icing, or any type of filling. The origins of the term are unclear; in spite of ...
, is located in the town.
Culture
Give is known as a town of sculptures – with more than 65 sculptures located around town – as an open-air gallery.
Give-Egnens-Museum is the town's historical museum. The museum's exhibitions tell about the surrounding farmland and about life in Denmark in general.
Give Public Library named Huset is located in the former
town hall
In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or municipal hall (in the Philippines) is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses the city o ...
of Give Municipality. The library host cultural events year-round, including visits by famous authors, public lectures and children's theatre performances.Give Public Library VisitVejle
Notable people
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Bjarne Tromborg
Bjarne Tromborg (born 1940) is a Danish physicist, best known for his work in particle physics and photonics.Henrik Skov, "Kernefysikeren der blev opslugt af optik", ''Ingeniøren'', Nov 27, 2005, http://ing.dk/artikel/67283-kernefysikeren-der-b ...
(born 1940 in Give) a Danish physicist, best known for his work in
particle physics
Particle physics or high-energy physics is the study of Elementary particle, fundamental particles and fundamental interaction, forces that constitute matter and radiation. The field also studies combinations of elementary particles up to the s ...
and
photonics
Photonics is a branch of optics that involves the application of generation, detection, and manipulation of light in the form of photons through emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, switching, amplification, and sensing. E ...
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Torben Chris
Torben Chris Nielsen (born 13 February 1977) is a Danish standup comedian. Media attention towards him began to surface during various events such as the DM in stand-up 2003 Comedy Fight Club on TV 2 Zulu and host of Comedy Zoo.
Career
In 2003 h ...
(born 1977 in Give) a Danish standup comedian
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Marc Pedersen
Marc Pedersen (born 31 July 1989) is a Danish retired professional football player.
Club career
Early years
In 2007, he went from the youth team in FC Midtjylland, where he was captain, to Vejle Boldklub. Here he was part of the successful ...
(born 1989 in Give) a Danish professional football player, with over 150 club caps.