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Sorthat-Muleby

Coordinates: 59°09′035″N 14°43′13″E / 59.15972°N 14.72028°E / 59.15972; 14.72028
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Sorthat-Muleby
Village
Road into Sorthat-Muleby, Bornholm
Road into Sorthat-Muleby, Bornholm
CountryDenmark
RegionCapital (Hovedstaden)
MunicipalityBornholm
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
267
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Sorthat-Muleby is a village in the southwest of the Danish island of Bornholm, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of Rønne and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of Hasle. Mulby to the north and Sorthat to the south now form a single urban area. As of 2013, it has a population of 561.[1][2]

Description

Sorthat-Muleby is essentially a satellite town serving Rønne and Hasle. It enjoys an attractive location close to woods and the coast. Sorthat consists of rows of residential housing parallel to Nyker Strandvej and the Sahara summer house development at the southern end of the settlement. Muleby, north of the stream known as Mulebyå, is also residential with a number of small houses from the 1950s built for those working in the nearby tile factory which has now closed. On the eastern side of Muleby, there is a cement factory, opened in 1947, which employs about 50.[2] The coastal strip known as Sorthat Odde has an impressive array of wild plants including crowberry, heather, linnea and smyrnium.[3]

History

The area still bears traces of the earlier quarrying of coal, gravel, clay and lake chalk, leaving three pleasant lakes in the Hasle Lystskov woods. There are also the remains of old coastal defences including entrenchments, batteries and a beacon. On the beach next to Klinkerskoven woods, the old Sorthat Battery with its cannons has been preserved.[4] In the fields to the east of Sorthat, there are prehistorical remains including a bronze age grave site.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Statistikbanken Table BEF44", Danmarks Statistik. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "411 - Sorthat - Muleby", Bornholms Regionskommune. Template:Da icon Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Sorthat Odde", På 367 ture i Bornholms natur. Template:Da icon Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Sorthat Strand", Destination Bornholm. Template:Da icon Retrieved 8 November 2012.

59°09′035″N 14°43′13″E / 59.15972°N 14.72028°E / 59.15972; 14.72028

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