Nymølle, Allerød Municipality

Nymølle
Hamlet
Nymølle is located in Denmark
Nymølle
Nymølle
Coordinates: 55°49′31″N 12°18′08″E / 55.82528°N 12.30222°E / 55.82528; 12.30222
Country Denmark
RegionCapital Region
MunicipalityAllerød
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
353[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (GMT)
Postal code
3540 Lynge

Nymølle is a village in the Parish of Uggeløse, Allerød Municipality, located approximately 28 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located three kilometres east of Lynge-Uggeløse and five kilometres west of Farum.

History

The name refers to a new windmill which was built at the site. The hamlet was located close to the old village of Vassingerød. The new, private Copenhagen-Slangerup Railway had a station in Vassingerød when in opened in 1906 but the station closed when the section from Farum to Slangerup was decommissioned in 1954.[2]

The extraction of natural resources, gravel and chalk, has played an important role in the local economy[3] but the Vassingerød-Nymølle area has always been sparsely populated and has locally been referred to as "Sibiria". In 1993, a plan was launched for the conversion of a former gravel pit at Nymølle into a recreational area.[4]

The population of Vassingerød passed under 200, making it disappear from Statistics Denmark's official statistics of "urban areas" (byområder) in Denmark.[2] In 2009, Nymølle's population passed 200 for the first time. As of 1 January 2020, Nymølle had a population of 350.

References

  1. ^ BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. ^ a b "Stedet blev kaldt for Sibirien" (in Danish). sn.dk. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Historien om Vassingerød og Nymølle" (in Danish). Allerødnyt. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Fra grusgrav til naturområde". sn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 19 September 2016.