| Official Name: | Hou |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Denmark Central Denmark Region |
| Pushpin Label Position: | above |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Central Denmark Region |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Denmark |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Odder |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.31 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population: | 1,692 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | 1221 |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 55.9175°N 10.2556°W |
Hou or Hov is a town in Jutland, Denmark. It is located in Odder Municipality.
The name is known from 1608 where the area was called Haa Havn, indicating the presence of a harbour even before the town existed.
In 2019 a vote among the citizens of Hou was initiated, in order to determine whether the official spelling of the town should be Hou or Hov. With 844 votes for Hou and 44 votes for Hov, the official spelling was determined to be Hou. Mayor of the municipality, Uffe Jensen, put up new signs with the new spelling later in the year.[2]
The first residential building in Hou was built in 1837. The town grew up around the harbour, and in 1853 a granary was built on the harbour. A school was built in 1870. A ferry route between Hou and Aarhus began in 1873. In 1884 the Hads-Ning Hundreds' Railroad was established, connecting Hou to Odder and Aarhus. The Odder-Hou stretch of the Odder Line was shut down in 1977.[3] [4]