Faxe

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title: "Faxe" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-region-zealand", "former-municipalities-of-denmark", "populated-places-in-faxe-municipality"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faxe" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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other_nameFakse
settlement_type
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subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameDenmark
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Region Sjælland
subdivision_type2Municipality
subdivision_name2Faxe
leader_titleMayor
established_titleEstablished
established_title2City charter
established_title3Current municipality
established_date32007-01-01
area_land_km2
area_urban_km22.8
population_as_of2025
population_urban_footnotes
population_density_km2auto
population_urban4139
population_density_urban_km2auto
population_blank1_titleGender
population_blank12086 males and 2053 females
timezoneCET
utc_offset+1
timezone_DSTCEST
utc_offset_DST+1
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m8
postal_code_typePostal code
postal_codeDK-4640 Faxe
area_code(+45) 49
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Faxe or Fakse is a town on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It is located in Faxe Municipality in Region Zealand. The town is most known for the Faxe Brewery, Royal Unibrew, a relatively large brewery producing a range of beer and soft drinks, soda, energy drinks, Faxe Kondi and many more and so on. On the edge of town lies a big limestone quarry (1 km2), Faxe Quarry owned by Faxe Kalk. A Haribo Licorice ("Haribo Lakrids A/S") factory was also founded in Faxe in 1935.

History

The name Faxe is Old Norse and means "horse mane", probably a reference to its location on a long hill. The town is mentioned in 1280. The first church was built in 1440.

For many years the letter x was considered unnatural in Danish and the Fakse spelling was enforced instead of the Old Norse Faxe. When hyphenated, the x still splits into ks (Fak-se).

A narrow gauge railway line between the Faxe Quarry and the harbor in Faxe Ladeplads opened in 1865. In 1879, the Østbanen railway line from Køge to Faxe opened. The two railway lines were connected in 1880. The quarry's narrow gauge railway was shut down many years ago, but one of the trains from the narrow gauge railway line is located in Faxe mini by as the only and the last train from the narrow gauge railway line.

Landmarks

Faxe Church is from the late 15th century. The half-timbered Rasmus Svendsens Skole from 1633 is Denmark's oldest still existing village school. The Jomfruens Egede estate traces its history to 1346.

Notable people

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Jesper_Olsen_(l)_omspeelt_Peter_van_de_Ven,Bestanddeelnr_932-7816(cropped).jpg" caption="Jesper Olsen, 1983"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Michael_Maze.jpg" caption="Michael Maze, 2007"] ::

Gallery

Image:Faxe Kalkbrud.JPG|Faxe Kalkbrud lime quarry

References

References

  1. "BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density". The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]].
  2. "BY1: Population 1st January by urban areas, age and sex". The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]].
  4. "Narrow-gauge railways in Denmark - Wikipedia".

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