Official Name: | Hundstrup |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Denmark Region of Southern Denmark |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Region of Southern Denmark |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Denmark |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Svendborg |
Population As Of: | 2024 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 257 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 55.1033°N 10.4317°W |
Hundstrup is a small town located on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, in Svendborg Municipality. It is four kilometers north of Vester Skerninge and 14 kilometers northwest of Svendborg.
The apple variety, Filippa originated in Hundstrup.
Den Selvforsynende Landsby (English: The Self-sufficient Village) is a Danish ecovillage situated in Hundstrup. The village was founded in 2002 with the intention of creating a community using permaculture techniques and the project began in 2004 when farmland outside of Hundstrup was purchased. As of 2014, the village has a population of about 65.[2]