Torsted Parish, Horsens Municipality

Torsted Parish (Danish: Torsted Sogn) is a parish in the Diocese of Aarhus in Horsens Municipality, Denmark.

Torsted Parish
Torsted Sogn
Coordinates: 55°50′24″N 9°48′29″E / 55.840°N 9.808°E / 55.840; 9.808
CountryDenmark
RegionCentral Denmark
MunicipalityHorsens Municipality
DioceseAarhus
Population
 (2022)
 • Total9,823[1]
Parish number7966

Torsted is located on the southwestern outskirts of Horsens, 2 miles southwest of the city centre. Its parish number is 7966.[2] In the Church of Denmark, it is a unit of Horsens provsti within the Diocese of Aarhus. Until the 1970 municipal reform, it was also a governmental unit as part of Hatting hundred. In 1924 it included settlements and estates named Torsted, Ørnstrup, Mosegaard and Thorstedhuse.[3]

There is also a Torsted parish in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality, in western Jutland.

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "Population 1. January by parish". statbank.dk. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  2. ^ Search, Autoriserede stednavne i Danmark, University of Copenhagen, (in Danish): list of parishes (sogn), map.
  3. ^ "Thorsted Sogn", Jens Peter Trap, Kongeriget Danmark, Volume 5: Aarhus, Vejle, Ringkjøbing, Ribe og Færø Amter samt Supplement og Stedregister, 3rd ed. Copenhagen: Gad, 1904, OCLC 938384396, p. 350 (in Danish).