{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Birkelse | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = BirkelseStationVejsideØ.JPG | imagesize = | image_caption = The former Birkelse Station | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | city_logo = | citylogo_size = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Denmark North Jutland Region | pushpin_label_position = above | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the North Jutland Region | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Denmark | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = North Jutland | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Jammerbugt | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | established_title = | established_date = | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> | established_date3 = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 2025 | population_footnotes = <ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1st January by urban and rural areas, area and population density] The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark, retrieved 16 October 2020</ref> | population_note = | population_total = 619 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = | timezone1 = CET | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = CEST | utc_offset1_DST = +2 | coordinates = {{coord|57|8|59|N|9|41|2|E|type:city_region:DK|display=title, inline}} | elevation_footnotes = <!-- for references: use tags --> | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | official_name = }} '''Birkelse''' is a village in North Jutland, Denmark. It is located in Jammerbugt Municipality. The town has nearly grown together with the nearby village of Ryå.
==History== A train station was located in Birkelse between 1897 and 1969. It was a stop on the Fjerritslev-Nørresundby railroad.<ref>[https://danskejernbaner.dk/vis.station.php?FORLOEB_ID=605&content=Birkelse+Station Danskejernbaner.dk] "Birkelse Station" Retrieved 16 October 2020</ref>
In 2017, the remains of a World War II Messerschmitt fighter plane were found in a field in Birkelse.<ref name="Vonberg2017">{{cite news|last1=Vonberg|first1=Judith|title=Boy finds WWII plane with pilot's remains in cockpit|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/08/europe/denmark-wwii-plane-trnd/|accessdate=10 March 2017|newspaper=CNN|date=8 March 2017}}</ref>
==External links== *{{commonscat-inline|Birkelse}}
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{{Jammerbugt Municipality}}
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