# Vester Hassing

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Town in Region Nordjylland, Denmark

Vester Hassing Town Vester Hassing, 2009 Vester Hassing Location in Denmark Show map of Denmark Vester Hassing Vester Hassing (North Jutland Region) Show map of North Jutland Region Coordinates: 57°4′1″N 10°7′31″E / 57.06694°N 10.12528°E / 57.06694; 10.12528 Country Denmark Region Region Nordjylland Municipality Aalborg Municipality Area • Urban 1.8 km2 (0.69 sq mi) Population (2025)[1] • Urban 2,602 • Urban density 1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi) • Gender[2] 1,278 males and 1,282 females Time zone UTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST) Postal code DK-9310 Vodskov

The church in Vester Hassing

**Vester Hassing** is a Danish town in [North Jutland](/source/North_Jutland_County), Denmark immediately north of the [Limfjord](/source/Limfjord), and a part of [Aalborg Municipality](/source/Aalborg_Municipality) and [Region Nordjylland](/source/North_Denmark_Region). The town is situated 17 km to the east from [Aalborg](/source/Aalborg), where the majority of the citizens are working.

Vester Hassing lies in a hilly [moraine](/source/Moraine) landscape between the villages, [Stae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stae&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Gandrup](/source/Gandrup). The church dates from c. 1200 AD.

Vester Hassing experienced a surge in [suburban](/source/Suburb) 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](/source/Commerce) has grown and new [residential areas](/source/Residential_area) 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](/source/HVDC) [Konti–Skan](/source/Konti%E2%80%93Skan) with the static inverters of Konti-Skan 1 and Konti-Skan 2.

Vester Hassing has a population of 2,602 (1 January 2025)[1]

## Famous people from Vester Hassing

- [Erik Barslev, (Danish Wiki)](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Barslev) (born 1955) former successful national athletics coach

- Niels Skovmand, a well-known radio host from a radio station called [HIT FM Denmark](/source/HIT_FM_Denmark)

## External links

- [Satellite image from Google Maps](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)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-BY3_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-BY3_1-1) [BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density](https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en) The Mobile Statbank from [Statistics Denmark](/source/Statistics_Denmark)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex](https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY1?lang=en) The Mobile Statbank from [Statistics Denmark](/source/Statistics_Denmark)

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