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.