Ranum

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Ranum is a city in the community of Løgstør and the Vesthimmerland municipality in Denmark.

Ranum is situated approx. 10km south of Løgstør with approximately 1.800 inhabitants this area is part of "Rural" Denmark with very low population.

Ranum was established around the year 1.100 and has been an attractive village throughout the last millennium. Today however - like many other Danish rural cities - Ranum suffers severely from de-population and negative growth. One of the reasons for this negative growth has been the removal of the teachers seminarium, which used to bring a lot of people to the city, and a political tendency towards a general centralization of institutions.

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The following (Danish) sites are communities trying to maximize the conditions for the population in Ranum:

• The local central heating - own by the people in Ranum
• The local volunteer Residents and Business Interest community
• The local volunteer Wireless Network

Coordinates: 56°54′N, 9°14′E