Alken (Denmark)
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| State : |
 Denmark
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| Region : | Midtjylland | ||||
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Municipality (since 2007) : |
Skanderborg | ||||
| Municipality / Office : (until the end of 2006) |
Ry Municipality of Aarhus Office |
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Harde / Amt: (until March 1970) |
Hjelmslev Herred Skanderborg Office |
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| Coordinates : | 56 ° 3 ' N , 9 ° 51' E | ||||
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Population : (2020) |
235 | ||||
| Postal code : | 8660 Skanderborg | ||||
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Alken is a Danish small town with 235 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Skanderborg municipality in the east of the Jylland peninsula ( German : Jutland ). It belongs to the parish community ( Danish : Sogn ) Dover Sogn , which belonged to Harde Hjelmslev Herred in what was then Skanderborg until the Danish municipal reform of 1970 , then to Ry Kommune in what was then Århus . which became part of the expanded Skanderborg municipality in the Midtjylland region with the next Danish municipal reform in 2007 .
The city has a train station on the Skanderborg - Herning railway line .