Aars
Aars is a town in North Jutland, Denmark and the largest town in Vesthimmerland. The town is well known for its beautiful town centre and its many monuments and artworks by Per Kirkeby.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 8,300 residents
- Description: town in Denmark
- Also known as: “Års”
- Postal code: 9600
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aars stone and Aars Church.
Aars stone
Runestone
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The Aars stone or DR 131 is a late Viking Age runestone located on a mound in the churchyard at Aars in Himmerland, Denmark. Dated to the late 10th to early 11th century, it bears an inscription in the Younger Fuþark in memory of Toke Gormsson, known as Valtoke, who died at the Battle of Fýrisvellir.
Aars Church
Church
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Aars Church is a Lutheran church in Aars, Vesthimmerland Municipality, North Denmark Region, Denmark.
Østermarkskolen
School
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Østermarkskolen is one of two city schools located in Aars city, Denmark, the other one being Aars school. There are also a third school, Vestermarkskolen which teaches students with autism, Down syndrome and multi-disabled.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hvorvarp.
Hvorvarp
Hamlet
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Hvorvarp is a settlement in Vesthimmerland located between Aars and Hornum in Ulstrup Sogn, Denmark. The development is centered at intersections of roads Hvorvarpvej, Jelstrupvej & Foldgangsvej. Hvorvarp is situated 4½ km northwest of Aars.
Aars
- Category: locality
- Location: Vesthimmerland Municipality, North Jutland, Jutland, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
56.8034° or 56° 48′ 12″ northLongitude
9.5169° or 9° 31′ 1″ eastPopulation
8,300Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)United Nations Location Code
DK AZSOpen location code
9F8FRG38+9QOpenStreetMap ID
node 2259729134OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Aars” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Aars”
- Bulgarian: “Арс”
- Catalan: “Aars”
- Catalan: “Års”
- Cebuano: “Aars”
- Chinese: “奧斯”
- Danish: “Aars”
- Danish: “Års”
- Dutch: “Aars”
- Dutch: “Års”
- Esperanto: “Aars”
- Faroese: “Aars”
- Finnish: “Aars”
- French: “Aars”
- French: “Års”
- German: “Aars”
- German: “Års”
- Icelandic: “Aars”
- Italian: “Aars”
- Italian: “Års”
- Japanese: “アース (デンマーク)”
- Japanese: “アース”
- Kalaallisut: “Aars”
- Malay: “Aars”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aars”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Års”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aars”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Års”
- Norwegian: “Aars”
- Persian: “آرئس”
- Polish: “Aars”
- Polish: “Gmina Aars”
- Portuguese: “Aars”
- Portuguese: “Års”
- Russian: “Орс”
- Spanish: “Aars”
- Spanish: “Års”
- Swedish: “Aars”
- Swedish: “Års”
- Turkish: “Aars”
- Turkish: “Års”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Aars”. Photo: Nicklarzn, CC BY-SA 4.0.