Sindal
Sindal is a town on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It has a population of 3,066 (1 January 2014)[1] and is located in Hjørring Municipality in Region Nordjylland.
The town's original name was Soldalen (lit. "Sun Valley").
Sindal has an airport and a railway station.
Until January 1, 2007, Sindal was also the seat of Sindal Municipality which was merged with existing Hjørring, Løkken-Vrå, and Hirtshals municipalities to form an enlarged Hjørring Municipality.
History
While disputed when the city was founded the earliest records of the city's existence date back to the 18th century, in which the city is described as such "Sindal church close to the town of Sindal with Housing for the priest a railroad and school". The city lends much of its growth in this period to the aforementioned railroad.
Notable People
- Martin Mortensen (1872 in Sindal – 1953) an American Professor and Head of the Department of Dairy Industry at Iowa State College in Ames, Iowa; emigrated to the US in 1893
- Martinus Thomsen (1890 near Sindal – 1981) was a Danish author, philosopher and mystic
External links
- Hjørring municipality's official website (Danish only)
- http://www.goegsigs-pakhus.dk Gøgsigs Pakhus official website (Danish only)
- http://runeberg.org/trap/2-5/0081.html (Danish only)
References
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- ↑ BEF44: Population 1st January, by urban areas database from Statistics Denmark
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map