Vildbjerg is a

railway town A railway town, or railroad town, is a settlement that originated or was greatly developed because of a railway station or junction at its site. North America During the construction of the First transcontinental railroad in the 1860s, tempora ...

with a population of 4,029 (1 January 2022),BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density
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Statistics Denmark Statistics Denmark ( da, Danmarks Statistik) is a Danish governmental organization under the Ministry of the Interior and Housing and which reports to the Minister of Economic and Internal Affairs. The organization is responsible for creating s ...

Herning Municipality Herning Municipality is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The municipality covers an area of and has a population of 89,230 (1 January 2022). Its mayor is Dorte West, a me ...

Central Denmark Region The Central Denmark Region ( da, Region Midtjylland), 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 mu ...

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. It is situated 14.6 km northwest of

Herning Herning () is a 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 50,565 (1 January 2022)Vildbjerg railway station Vildbjerg station is a railway station serving the railway town of Vildbjerg in Jutland, Denmark. Vildbjerg station is located on the Vejle-Holstebro railway line. The station was opened in 1904 with the opening of the Herning-Holstebro section ...

. Vildbjerg was the municipal seat of the former

Trehøje Municipality Trehøje was a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Ringkjøbing County on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 296 km2, and had a total population of 9,929 (2005). Its mayor was Svend Blæsbjerg, a me ...

until 1 January 2007. The town is known as the host town for ''Vildbjerg Cup'', an international youth football (soccer) tournament for boys and girls between 7 and 17 years old, organized by the local club Vildbjerg SF. Vildbjerg Church was built in 1905 on the remnants of a 12-century church. Vildbjerg School is a public school (Danish:

folkeskole The Danish–Norwegian term Folkeskole ("public school") may refer to any of the following: * Danish Folkeskole Education, the Danish primary and lower secondary educational system * Volksschule, a historical primary school system that was in use in ...

) in Vildbjerg. It was built in the period 2005-2006 and was the first primary school in Denmark to be built in a Public-Private-Partnership.Vildbjerg School
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Notable people

* Henrik Risom (born 1968), a Danish former footballer *

Gudmund Hatt Professor Aage Gudmund Hatt (1 October 1884 – 27 January 1960) was a Danish archaeologist and cultural geographer. He was a professor of cultural geography at the University of Copenhagen from 1929 through 1947. Also an ethnologist, he was th ...

(1884–1960) a Danish archaeologist and cultural geographer

References

Cities and towns in the Central Denmark Region Herning Municipality {{CentralDK-stub