Skive, Denmark

Skive
Town
Skive church
Skive church
Coat of arms of Skive
Motto: 
Sallings hovedstad
Skive is located in Denmark
Skive
Skive
Skive is located in Denmark Central Denmark Region
Skive
Skive
Coordinates: 56°34′N 9°1′E / 56.567°N 9.017°E / 56.567; 9.017
CountryDenmark
RegionCentral Denmark Region (Midtjylland)
MunicipalitySkive
Founded1231
Area
 • Urban
14.9 km2 (5.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Urban
20,166
 • Urban density1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
 • Gender [2]
10,059 males and 10,107 females
DemonymSkibonit
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Websitewww.skive.dk

Skive is a town in Skive municipality (Danish, Skive Kommune) in Region Midtjylland at the base of Salling Peninsula, a part of the larger Jutland peninsula in northwest Denmark. It is the municipality's main town and the site of its municipal council.

The town of Skive is located at the mouth of the Karup River (Karup Å) and the Skive Fjord, part of the Limfjord. Skive has a population of 20,166 (1 January 2024).[1]

The sociologist Richard Jenkins used his field work in Skive as the basis for his book Being Danish: Paradoxes of Identity in Everyday Life.[3]

  1. ^ a b BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. ^ BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  3. ^ Jenkins, Richard (2011). Being Danish: Paradoxes of Identity in Everyday Life. Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 9788763526036.