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Sjørring is a small
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, ...
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Thisted Municipality Thisted Municipality () is a '' kommune'' in North Jutland Region, Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,072 km², and has a total population of 42,698 (2025). The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Thisted ...
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North Jutland Region The North Jutland Region (), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an Regions of Denmark, administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, 2007 Danish municipal refor ...
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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 ...
. As of 1 January 2025 it has a population of 724.BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density
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It is located in the central part of the Thy district 7 km west of
Thisted Thisted is a town in the municipality of Thisted in the North Denmark Region of Denmark. It has a population of 13,505 (1 January 2025)Sjørring railway station located on the Thy Line between and . The medieval
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Sjørring Vold Sjørring is a small railway town in Thisted Municipality in North Jutland Region, Denmark. As of 1 January 2025 it has a population of 724.
'', locally often called ''Sjørring Volde'', is located in Sjørring.


Notable people

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Jørn Sloth Jørn Sloth (born 5 September 1944 in Sjørring, Thy, Denmark) is a Danish chess player who holds the chess titles of FIDE Master and Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. He was the eighth ICCF World Champion, 1975–80. In 1964 he, together w ...
(born 1944 in Sjørring), a Danish
chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...
playerJørn Sloth
at chessgames.com, retrieved 29 April 2024


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Thisted Municipality Cities and towns in the North Jutland Region {{NJutlandDK-stub