Ranum is a town in the former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Løgstør Løgstør is a town in Denmark with a population of 3,969 (1 January 2025) It is located 47 km west of Aalborg and 64 km north of Viborg. Løgstør's city centre consists of old streets with small houses built in the 19th century for fishermen an ...

and

Vesthimmerland Municipality Vesthimmerland Municipality () is a '' kommune'' in the North Jutland Region of Denmark. It covers an area of 768,08 km² (2013) and has a total population of 35,818 (2025). The Municipality borders Jammerbugt Municipality to the south and to ...

in Denmark. It is the fifth largest town in Vesthimmerland Municipality and is situated approximately 3 km from the inlet

Limfjord The Limfjord ( common Danish: ''Limfjorden'' , in northwest Jutlandish dialect: ''Æ Limfjord'') is a shallow part of the sea, located in Denmark where it has been regarded as an inlet ever since Viking times. However, it now has entries both ...

en and 1 hour from the two major cities

Aalborg Aalborg or Ålborg ( , , ) is Denmark's List of cities and towns in Denmark, fourth largest urban settlement (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an Urban area, urban populati ...

and Viborg. Ranum has a population of 950 (1 January 2025).BY3: Population 1st January, by urban areas
The Mobile Statbank from

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History

Ranum was established around the year 1100 and has been an attractive village throughout the last millennium. Ranum is famous for its educational heritage. The first teaching college (lærer seminarium) was established in 1848. The college was closed in 1994 and was a part of

VIA University College VIA University College is a university college () in Central Denmark.It was established in January 2008. It has a total of eight campuses. History The university colleges in Denmark were established as a result of a series of mergers of smalle ...

until 2011. The historic premises is today a part of Ranum Efterskole. Ranum Efterskole is one of the largest

efterskole An efterskole (literally ''"afterschool"'', plural efterskoler) is a unique type of Danish voluntary independent residential school for young people between the age of 14 to 18. At an efterskole, students can choose to spend one, two or three yea ...

s in Denmark, boarding and teaching more than 400 students every year. Ranum International Summer School is a summer camp of this school which atrackts students all over the world. Vildsted Lake, one of Denmark's biggest nature rehabilitation projects, is located next to Ranum. Vildsted Lake and meadows covers in total 913 hectares and was established (re-created) in 2002–2006. Vildsted Lake is a unique nature resort and resting place for migrating birds.Vilsted Lake
Destination Himmerland

External links

The local volunteer Residents and Business Interest community

References

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