Randers

Randers is a city in Randers municipality (Aarhus County) on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. It is Denmark's 6th largest city with a population of 55,739 (2004). It is the main town of the municipality and the site of its municipal council .

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Randers municipality - Aarhus County - Jutland - Denmark

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Randers is Denmark's only natural river harbour, and it is situated on the banks of the River Guden (Gudenå), about 6 miles above its mouth in Randers Fjord, and 111 miles west-northwest of Copenhagen. This location has had great significance for the town as a sea merchant area. Barges on the Guden River and the Northern River (Nørreå) transported goods in to Randers from Silkeborg and Viborg for export, and in return came imported items.

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Gudenå - Randers Fjord - Copenhagen - Silkeborg - Viborg

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Vast agricultural area, good transportation possibilities by both land and water, all helped to make Randers a dynamic center for trade and commerce. Known for the many access roads leading into the city, it has engendered the popular saying, "Where the waterway meets the highways" ("Hvor søvejen møder de 13 landeveje").

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Randers is referred to as Crown Jutland (Kronjylland) and the people as Crown Jutlanders (Kronjyde), probably due to the big Crown estates, i.e. the estates owned by the Crown, the King. The term Kronjyde was first used by Danish poets around 1750. Both Nicolai Grundtvig (1783-1872) and Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), and especially Nobel Prize laureate Henrik Pontoppidan (1857-1943), who was born in Randers, used the term.

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Nicolai Grundtvig - Hans Christian Andersen - Nobel Prize laureate - Henrik Pontoppidan

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