Hadsten
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Hadsten, is a town in central Denmark
with a population of 7,901 (1 January 2011), located in Favrskov municipality
, Region Midtjylland
in Jutland
. Until January 1, 2007, it was the site of the municipal council of the now former Hadsten municipality
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One of the most advanced buildings in Denmark is also in Hadsten. The building functions as a café, library and auditorium.
Hadsten is famous for having one of the largest model railway in Europe
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Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
with a population of 7,901 (1 January 2011), located in Favrskov municipality
Favrskov municipality
Favrskov is a municipality in Region Midtjylland in Denmark north of Aarhus and is a part of the Aarhus area. It covers an area of 487 km² and has a total population of 45,604 ....
, Region Midtjylland
Region Midtjylland
Central Denmark Region or Central Jutland Region is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities were merged into larger...
in Jutland
Jutland
Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...
. Until January 1, 2007, it was the site of the municipal council of the now former Hadsten municipality
Hadsten municipality
Until January 1, 2007 Hadsten municipality was a municipality in Aarhus County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 139 km², and had a total population of 11.818 . Its last mayor was Anders G. Christensen, a member of the Venstre political party...
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It is the place of Birth of Derby County and former Denmark international soccer player, Morten BisgaardMorten Bisgaard
Morten Bisgaard is a retired Danish professional football player, who played as a midfielder. He played eight games and scored one goal for the Denmark national football team, and represented his country at the 2000 European Championship...
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One of the most advanced buildings in Denmark is also in Hadsten. The building functions as a café, library and auditorium.
Hadsten is famous for having one of the largest model railway in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
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