Hadsund

Hadsund
Town
Official seal of Hadsund
Coat of arms of Hadsund
Motto(s): 
On the edge of the Northern Jutland
(Danish: På kanten af Nordjylland)
Hadsund is located in Denmark
Hadsund
Hadsund
Location in Denmark
Coordinates: 56°43′N 10°06′E / 56.717°N 10.100°E / 56.717; 10.100
CountryDenmark
RegionNorth Jutland
MunicipalityMariagerfjord
Official birthday1 December 1854
Area
 • Total4 km2 (2 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Total4,965
Time zoneUTC+1 (Central Europe Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2
Websitewww.hadsundby.dk

Hadsund (Danish: [hæðˈsɔnˀ] ) is a town in the eastern part of Jutland with a population of 4,965 (1 January 2024; 5,394 incl. Hadsund South).[1] The town is located by the narrow strait of Hadsund, along an inlet of the Mariager Fjord. It is situated south of the city of Aalborg and north of the city of Randers. The town is a part of Mariagerfjord Municipality in the North Denmark Region. Until 2007, Hadsund was the administrative seat of Hadsund Municipality.

The area has had human presence since at least the Iron Age, though the settlement of modern Hadsund, centred around the ferry connection across the fjord, is first mentioned in 1736.[2]

Hadsund houses multiple educational institutions, including Tech College Mariagerfjord, VUC Hadsund, Hadsund School, and Hadsund Produktionsskole in the area of vocational education. It is also home to a number of companies, including DAVA Foods, Nilfisk, and Bodylab. The western part of the greater Hadsund area is home to the oldest still-existing windmill in northern Jutland, Havnø Mølle, which was built in 1842 and operated until approximately 1927.

  1. ^ a b c "Population 1. January by urban and rural areas, population, area and population density and time". Statistics Denmark (in Danish). Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  2. ^ Fra Himmerland og Kjær Herred 2014 (in Danish). Historisk Samfund for Himmerland og Kjær Herred. 2014. p. 50. ISSN 0107-9301.