Vester Hassing

{{Infobox settlement | name = Vester Hassing | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = Vester Hassing 2009 ubt.JPG | image_caption = Vester Hassing, 2009 | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Denmark#Denmark North Jutland Region | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Denmark | coordinates = {{coord|57|4|1|N|10|7|31|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Denmark | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = [[North Denmark Region|Region Nordjylland]] | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = [[Aalborg Municipality]] | area_urban_km2 = 1.8 | population_as_of = 2025 | population_footnotes = <ref name="BY3"/> | population_urban = 2602 | population_density_urban_km2 = auto | population_blank1_title = Gender<ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY1?lang=en BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref> | population_blank1 = 1278 males and 1282 females | timezone1 = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset1_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = DK-9310 Vodskov }}

[[File:Vester Hassing Kirke 2009 ubt.JPG|250px|thumb|The church in Vester Hassing]]

'''Vester Hassing''' is a Danish town in [[North Jutland County|North Jutland]], Denmark immediately north of the [[Limfjord]], and a part of [[Aalborg Municipality]] and [[North Denmark Region|Region Nordjylland]]. The town is situated 17 km to the east from [[Aalborg]], where the majority of the citizens are working.

Vester Hassing lies in a hilly [[moraine]] landscape between the villages, [[Stae]] and [[Gandrup]]. The church dates from c. 1200 AD.

Vester Hassing experienced a surge in [[suburb]]an development in the 1970s, where among others a great part the towns residential areas were built. After some years with stagnation in population, the town began to grow after year 2004, when new homes were built. Since then [[commerce]] has grown and new [[residential area]]s have been developed.

Since 1999, Vester Hassing has hosted Limfjordsfest (originally named Landsbyrock until 2007). An annual music festival, where both local and foreign artists appear. Due to economic reasons, Limfjordsfest has not been held since 2022.

At Vester Hassing there is a Danish static inverter station of the [[HVDC]] [[Konti–Skan]] with the static inverters of Konti-Skan 1 and Konti-Skan 2.

Vester Hassing has a population of 2,602 (1 January 2025)<ref name="BY3">[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref>

==Famous people from Vester Hassing==

* [[:da:Erik Barslev|Erik Barslev, (Danish Wiki)]] (born 1955) former successful national athletics coach * Niels Skovmand, a well-known radio host from a radio station called [[HIT FM Denmark]]

==External links== * [https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=vester+hassing&sll=57.039983,9.944344&sspn=0.095821,0.319977&ie=UTF8&t=k&z=14&iwloc=addr Satellite image from Google Maps]

==References== <references/>

[[Category:Cities and towns in the North Jutland Region]] [[Category:Towns and settlements in Aalborg Municipality]]