Aalestrup is a town in Vesthimmerland Municipality with a population of 2,763 (1 January 2025) in Region Nordjylland in

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Facilities

Aalestrup School has 294 students, divided into 0.-6. Class stage, as well as the SFO Kvisten. After grade 6, students can continue at Aalestrup Real School, founded in 1904, and is a secondary school with 171 students, divided between 7 and 9. grade. The city also has after-school Aalestrup Nature after school. Aalestrup Idrætscenter and Friluftsbad have two halls. The open-air swimming pool is open during the 3 summer months, where the 3 basins have 27 ° hot water. In addition, the center has a hostel with 10 rooms and a total of 37 beds. The city also has Hotel Hvide Kro, built in 1902 and has 22 rooms and 3 banquet rooms.

Aalestrup Municipality

Before the ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), Aalestrup municipality was a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in

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on the

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peninsula in northern

. The municipality covered an area of , and had a total population of 7,631 (2005){{Citation needed, date=March 2023. Its latest mayor was Rigmor Sandborg. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Aalestrup. The municipality was located on the eastern shores of the area known as '' Himmerland'', a part of the Jutland peninsula

Notable people

Astrid Villaume Astrid Villaume (3 November 1923 – 12 February 1995) was a Danish actress of stage and film best known for her Bodil Award-winning title role in the 1950 film '' Susanne''. Danish film historian Morten Piil described Villaume's appeal as a c ...

(1923 in Aalestrup – 1995) a Danish actress of stage and film, played title role in the 1950 film '' Susanne'' IMDb Database
retrieved 01 May 2020 * Per Bisgaard (born 1955 in Fjelsø) a former teacher, Mayor of Aalestrup 1994–2001, member of the

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* Niels Guldbjerg (born 1958 in Aalestrup) a Danish retired professional footballer who played 154 games in the North American Soccer League

References

External links

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Cities and towns in the North Jutland Region Vesthimmerland Municipality Towns and settlements in Vesthimmerland Municipality