Herning is a Danish town on the Jutland peninsula in the Central Denmark Region, seat of Herning Municipality. It was established at the beginning of the 1790s during a period of heath reclamation as a commercial center and became a market town in 1913, twice earning the title of Danish City of the Year. As of 1 January 2026 the population was 52,264, the twelfth most populous urban area in Denmark, and the town hosts Messecenter Herning, described as the largest exhibition center in Scandinavia, alongside the Herning Art Museum and three buildings designed by architect Jorn Utzon. Its Jyske Bank Boxen arena hosted the World Handball Championship finals in 2019 and 2025.
Facts
Founding Year Elevation (m) Latitude56.136111 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Herning (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHistory
Herning was established at the beginning of the 1790s, during the period of heath reclamation, as a commercial centre providing goods and services to the farmers in the area.
Infobox: population_urban
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- In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Herning (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 56.136111, longitude 8.976667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 58 m
View the Source3. GeoNames: Herning - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2620425
56.13615 8.97662 P PPLA2 DK 18 657 50565 60 Europe/Copenhagen
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 60 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 56.25, 8.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 56.25, 8.75
56.25 8.75 Cfb
Wikidata: Herning
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