Djursland
| Djursland Peninsula in Denmark | |
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Djursland: Historical city centre of Ebeltoft
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 Denmark in Northern Europe with red dot on Djursland
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| Location | Syddjurs Municipality |
| Coordinates | 56°21′26.88″N 10°37′45.15″E / 56.3574667°N 10.6292083°ECoordinates: 56°21′26.88″N 10°37′45.15″E / 56.3574667°N 10.6292083°E |
| Area | 1,417 km2 (547 sq mi) |
Djursland is a 44 km × 33 km hilly lowland peninsula in Denmark at the entrance to the Baltic Sea, between Denmark and Sweden in Northern Europe. Djursland protrudes into the Kattegat sea, as part of the larger peninsula of Jutland, which itself extends from the Central European continent. Djursland comprise the two municipalities of Norddjurs and Syddjurs.
The only larger city on Djursland is Grenå, but both Randers and Aarhus are close-by. Agriculture and fishing has been the mainstay of the rural culture here for millennia. There are many prehistoric relics of the past on Djursland, reaching back to the earliest cultures of the Nordic Stone Age.
Djursland is a popular place for recreation in the summer and has several activities for tourists to offer. It attracts both Danes and foreigners alike and tourism is a major job and economic contributor on Djursland nowadays.
Since 2009 a larger area of Djursland has been part of the Mols Bjerge National Park, connecting several individual previously disconnected protections.
Djursland has a mild, temperate coastal climate, influenced by the North Atlantic Current. Westerly and southwesterly winds prevail. The yearly precipitation is 700 mm, making Djursland well suited for agriculture, like the rest of Denmark. The average summer temperature is 16 degrees Celsius. The coldest month is January with an average temperature of 0.5 degrees. The predominant crops are barley, wheat, canola, and in recent years corn, growing at its northern range, even though the average temperature has fallen 0.2 degrees over the last 60 years in Denmark. A little over 10% of Djursland is covered with forest (plantations) and the most common trees are Norway spruce, Scots pine and beech.
The population density of Djursland is 42 inhabitants per km2, compared to 126 for Denmark as a whole. Neighboring Germany to the south has 230 inhabitants per km2, England to the west 407, and Sweden to the east of Denmark 21 inhabitants per km2. Denmark has 5.6 million inhabitants, of whom 80,000 live in Djursland.
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