Alrø

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Alrø
Alrø from the southwest
Alrø from the southwest
Waters Baltic Sea
Archipelago Horsens Fjord
Geographical location 55 ° 51 '35 "  N , 10 ° 3' 57"  E Coordinates: 55 ° 51 '35 "  N , 10 ° 3' 57"  E
Alrø (Midtjylland)
Alrø
length 7 km
width 5 km
surface 7.51 km²
Highest elevation 15  m
Residents 150 (January 1, 2020)
20 inhabitants / km²
main place Alrø By
The dam to Alrø
The dam to Alrø

Alrø is a Danish island in Horsens Fjord . It is 7 km long, 5 km wide and has an area of ​​7.51 km², the highest point is 15 m above sea level. It forms its own parish municipality ( Danish : Sogn ) Alrø Sogn , which until 1970 belonged to Harde Hads Herred in what was then Århus Amt , then to Odder Municipality in the expanded Århus Amt , which has belonged to the Midtjylland region since the municipal reform on January 1, 2007 . Alrø has 150 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

The island is connected to the mainland by a 1 km long causeway, which was inaugurated on June 10, 1931.

Individual evidence

  1. a b statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BEF4: Folketal pr. January 1st demands på øer (Danish)
  2. Danmarks Statistics : Statistical Yearbook 2009 - Geography and climate, Table 3 Area and population. Regions and inhabited islands (English; PDF; 39 kB)