Rågeleje
Rågeleje is a former fishing village and popular tourist resort on the north coast of Zealand, midway between Gilleleje and Tisvildeleje, some 50 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. As of 2025, it had a population of 702.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 809 residents
- Description: village in Denmark
- Also known as: “Raagelege”, “Raageleje”, and “Rageleje”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Embedshøj and Rågegården.
Rågegården
House
Photo: Ramblersen2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rågegården is an Arts & Crafts inspired country house from 1915 situated on the eastern outskirts of Rågeleje, Gribskov Municipality, some fifty kilometres northwest of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Gadehøj
Archaeological site
Photo: Thomas Vedelsbøl, CC0.
Gadehøj is an archaeological site, which is situated 3 km south of Rågeleje.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vejby Strand and Blistrup.
Vejby Strand
Village
Photo: rene boulay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vejby Strand is a village, which is situated 3 km southwest of Rågeleje.
Blistrup
Village
Blistrup is a town in the Gribskov Municipality in North Zealand, Denmark. As of 2025, it has a population of 1,156. Blistrup is situated 3 km southeast of Rågeleje.
Vejby
Village
Photo: Bococo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vejby is a parish and small town in Gribskov Municipality, near Zealand's Kattegat coast, some 50 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The town of Vejby is located three kilometres east of Tisvilde and three kilometres south of Rågeleje, both popular coastal resorts, and seven kilometres north of Helsinge. Vejby is situated 4 km south of Rågeleje.
Rågeleje
- Categories: holiday home area and locality
- Location: Gribskov Kommune, Capital Region, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
56.09921° or 56° 5′ 57″ northLongitude
12.16572° or 12° 9′ 57″ eastPopulation
809Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
9F8J35X8+M7OpenStreetMap ID
node 2599277691OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2615039Wikidata ID
Q2522673
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Rågeleje” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rågeleje”
- Danish: “Rågeleje”
- Dutch: “Rågeleje”
- Finnish: “Rågeleje”
- Polish: “Rågeleje”
- Swedish: “Rågeleje”
- Turkish: “Rågeleje”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rågeleje Basket and Musehøj.
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