Tarm

Town in Region Midtjylland, Denmark

55°54′24″N 8°31′14″E / 55.90667°N 8.52056°E / 55.90667; 8.52056countryDenmarkRegionRegion MidtjyllandMunicipalityRingkøbing-SkjernArea

• Urban

3.84 km² (1.48 sq mi)Population

(2023)^[1]

• Urban

4,104 • Urban density1,100/km² (2,800/sq mi) • Gender ^[2]

1,998 males and 2,106 femalesTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

DK-6880 Tarm

Tarm is a small railway town with a population of 4,104 (1 January 2023)^[1] in west Denmark, 36 kilometres southwest of Herning (air distance). The road distance between Herning and Tarm is exactly 47.8 kilometres (29.7 mi) (Herning-Videbæk-Skjern-Tarm route). It is located in the Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality.

Notable people

Agner Krarup Erlang (1878 at Lønborg, near Tarm – 1929) a Danish mathematician, statistician and engineer
Asger Christensen (born 1958 in Tarm) a Danish politician, farmer and MEP
Trine Troelsen (born 1985 in Tarm) a Danish team handball player, playing for FC Midtjylland Håndbold and for the Denmark women's national handball team
Kennie Chopart (born 1990 in Tarm) a Danish footballer who plays for Icelandic side Reykjavik

References

^ ^a ^b BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
^ BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark