Mårslet is a village

Village

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 in Eastern Jutland

Jutland

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, Denmark

Denmark

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. Politically it is part of the
Central Jutland Region

Region Midtjylland

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 and Århus Municipality. By some definitions it may therefore be considered a suburb

Suburb

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 of Aarhus

Aarhus

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. It has a population of 4,481 (1 January 2011).

Mårslet is situated on Odderbanen

Odderbanen

Hads-Ning Herreders Jernbane , also known as Odderbanen, is a Danish railway line in East Jutland, between Aarhus and Odder. The line was established in 1884, and used to be operated by the company A/S Hads-Ning Herreders Jernbane, which was merged with VLTJ into Midtjyske Jernbaner in 2008....

, the railway line between Odder

Odder

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 and Århus, and the resulting short journey time to these urban centres has been an important factor in the town's development since the opening of the line in 1884. Mårslet has seen especially rapid housing development and population growth in recent years putting considerable strain on the local infrastructure.

Noted residents

Notable current and former residents of Mårslet include:

• Mads Larsen
  Mads Larsen
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   (born 1973), professional
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   super middleweight
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   boxer. One of Denmark
  Denmark
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  's finest boxers.