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Copenhagen municipality
Vesterbro-Kongens Enghave

Vestre Cemetery

Vestre Cemetery is located in a large park setting in the Kongens Enghave district of , . With its 54 hectares it is the largest in Denmark.
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: cemetery in Copenhagen
  • Also known as: “Vestre Kirkegard”, “Vestre Kirkegard, Copenhagen”, and “Western Cemetery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bavnehøj Church and Vestre Prison.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is situated 210 metres northeast of Vestre Cemetery.

Prison
Photo: Stig Nygaard, CC BY 2.0.
is the main jail of the capital, . Erected in 1895, it is Denmark's largest prison with a total capacity of 530 inmates. It primarily houses pretrial detainees, not convicted felons. is situated 630 metres northeast of Vestre Cemetery.

Railway station
Photo: Smiley.toerist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
station is a main line and S-train railway station in the district of in southwestern , . The station is located on numerous railway and branch lines passing through or diverging from the main lines at this station, and is gradually being developed into a major transport hub for public transport in Copenhagen. is situated 1 km southwest of Vestre Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Valby and Carlsberg.

Suburb
is one of the 10 official districts of , Denmark. It is in the southwestern corner of , and has a mixture of different types of housing.

Suburb
Photo: Nillerdk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, is an area located straddling the border of and districts in central , approximately 2.4 km from the .

Neighborhood
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is a former industrial site now under conversion into a mixed-use neighbourhood in the district of , . It is located at the corner of Vigerslev Allé and Gammel Køge Landevej.

Vestre Cemetery

Latitude
55.65748° or 55° 39′ 27″ north
Longitude
12.53046° or 12° 31′ 50″ east
Open location code
9F7JMG4J+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 103630360
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Wiki­data ID
Q3305530
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Western Armenian—“Vestre Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Cementiri de Vespre”
  • Czech: “Hřbitov Vestre”
  • Danish: “Vestre Kgrd”
  • Danish: “Vestre Kirkegård, København”
  • Danish: “Vestre Kirkegård”
  • Dutch: “Vestre kirkegaard”
  • Dutch: “Vestre kirkegård”
  • French: “cimetière Vestre”
  • French: “Cimetière Vestre”
  • German: “Vestre Kirkegård”
  • German: “Westfriedhof”
  • Irish: “Reilig Vestre”
  • Japanese: “ヴェストル墓地”
  • Japanese: “ヴェストレ墓地”
  • Maltese: “Ċimiterju ta’ Vestre”
  • Manx: “Ruillick Vestre”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vestre kirkegård”
  • Norwegian: “Vestre kirkegård”
  • Polish: “Cmentarz Zachodni”
  • Polish: “Vestre Kirkegård”
  • Portuguese: “Cemitério Vestre”
  • Russian: “Западное кладбище”
  • Slovenian: “Vestre Kirkegård”
  • Spanish: “Cementerio de Vestre”
  • Swedish: “Vestre Kirkegård, Köpenhamn”
  • Swedish: “Vestre Kirkegård”
  • Ukrainian: “Кладовище Вестре”
  • Welsh: “Mynwent Vestre”
  • Western Armenian: “Քոփենհակընի Արեւմտեան Գերեզմանատուն”

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