Sall is a

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and a church parish in

Favrskov Municipality Favrskov Municipality (, ) is a Commune (subnational entity), municipality in Central Denmark Region in Denmark north of Aarhus and is a part of the Aarhus area. According to municipal and regional key figures the municipality covers an area of a ...

in the Danish

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Midtjylland The Central Denmark Region (), 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 municipal reform. The refo ...

. In former times the village has been known as Sal, Sald (Pontoppidan) and Salle (Trap). The village itself has a population of 211 (1 January 2024)BY3: Population 1. January, by urban areas
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and is situated centrally in Sall Parish. In the village there is a church belonging to the

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, a

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, and a primary school covering all ten classes with 185 pupils (22 May 2017). There is also a Kindergarten and a car repair shop. A whisky distillery using locally grown organic barley and fresh ground water is located in the village. In the middle of the twentieth century the village had three grocery stores, a butcher, a baker, a post office and several other shops. They have since closed. From 1914 to 1956 Sall was a

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on the railway line

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

- Hammel- Thorsø.

Notable residents

* Jacob Jensen, (Danish Wiki) (1819 in Sall – 1882), a member of parliament and a teacher in Sall from 1847–1882.

References

Towns and settlements in Favrskov Municipality {{CentralDK-stub