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Tranum

place in North Denmark, Denmark

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ2612326 ↗
Source-derived summary

Tranum is a village in North Jutland, Denmark. It is located in Jammerbugt Municipality.

History

Tranum was first mentioned in 1471 as ”Trannum”, which originates from the bird, crane (trane in Danish) and the ending –um, which meant ”home”. The church of Tranum was built around 1200, whilst the tower was constructed in 1763.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Tranum” as place in North Denmark, Denmark. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Tranum, place and North.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1471, 1200, 1763—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Tranum, place and North providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2612326. Authority coordinates are 57.132, 9.466. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1471, 1200 and 1763.

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This entry incorporates text from “Tranum” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.