Esbjerg is a seaport city and the seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwestern Denmark, 71 kilometers west of Kolding and 164 kilometers southwest of Aarhus. With an urban population of 71,371 it is the fifth largest city in Denmark and the largest in West Jutland.
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Founding Year Elevation (m) Latitude55.470833 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Esbjerg (Wikipedia)
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With an urban population of 71,371 (1 January 2026) it is the fifth-largest city in Denmark, and the largest in West Jutland.
- In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Esbjerg (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1868-00-00T00:00:00Z
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 55.470833, longitude 8.451389
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 17 m
View the Source3. GeoNames: Esbjerg - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2622447
55.47028 8.45187 P PPLA2 DK 21 561 71698 17 Europe/Copenhagen
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 17 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 55.25, 8.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 55.25, 8.25
55.25 8.25 Cfb
Wikidata: Esbjerg
Wikidata Q26234, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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