Torsted Parish, Horsens Municipality Explained

Torsted Parish
Native Name:Torsted Sogn
Native Name Lang:da
Settlement Type:Parish
Coordinates:55.84°N 9.808°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Denmark
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Central Denmark
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Horsens Municipality
Subdivision Type3:Diocese
Subdivision Name3:Aarhus
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:9,823[1]
Area Code Type:Parish number
Area Code:7966

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

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population 1. January by parish . 2023-02-16 . statbank.dk.
  2. http://www.stednavne.info/VisKort/Popupmap.aspx Search
  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,, p. 350 .