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Hillerød

Northern Europe

Hillerod is a Danish town with a population of 36,873, located in the center of North Zealand approximately 30 kilometers northwest of Copenhagen. It is the administrative center of Hillerod Municipality and also the administrative seat of Region Hovedstaden, one of Denmark's five regions, and is best known for its large Renaissance castle, Frederiksborg Castle, now home to the Museum of National History.

Facts
Population
36,873 1
Founding Year
1552 1
Founding Year
1552 1
Elevation (m)
41 2
Latitude
55.933333 degrees north 2
Longitude
12.3 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Sources
1. Hillerod (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1552
    The name is first mentioned in 1552 as Hylderødz, deriving from the male name Hildi and the suffix -rød, meaning "Hildi's clearing".
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1552
    The name is first mentioned in 1552 as Hylderødz, deriving from the male name Hildi and the suffix -rød, meaning "Hildi's clearing".
  • Source text, founding-year: 1552
    The name is first mentioned in 1552 as Hylderødz, deriving from the male name Hildi and the suffix -rød, meaning "Hildi's clearing".
  • Infobox: population_urban
    36873
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2. Hillerod (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 55.933333, longitude 12.3
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 41 m
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3. GeoNames: Hillerød - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2620320
    55.92791 12.30081 P PPLA DK 17 219 35357 29 Europe/Copenhagen
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 29 m
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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 55.75, 12.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 55.75, 12.25
55.75 12.25 Cfb
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Hillerod (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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