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| official_name          = Otterup
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| image_caption          = Otterup church
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| pushpin_map            = Denmark#Denmark Region of Southern Denmark
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| pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Denmark
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| subdivision_name       = Denmark
| subdivision_type1      = [[Regions of Denmark|Region]]
| subdivision_name1      = [[Region of Southern Denmark|Southern Denmark]]
| subdivision_type2      = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name2      = [[Nordfyn Municipality|Nordfyn]]
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| area_urban_km2         = 4
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| population_as_of       = 2025
| population_footnotes   =<ref name="BY3">[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density] The 
Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref>
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| population_urban       = 5263
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| population_blank1_title  = Gender<ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY1?lang=en BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref>
| population_blank1      = 2499 males and 2764 females
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| postal_code            = DK-5450 Otterup
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'''Otterup''' ({{IPA|da|ˈʌtəʁɔp}}) is a town in central Denmark, located in [[Nordfyn municipality]]. It is on the island of [[Funen]], with a population of 5,263 (1 January 2025).<ref name="BY3"/> Between 1889 and 1994 the [[Schultz & Larsen]] rifle factory was working from this small town.

[[File:OtterupGeværfabrik.JPG|left|thumb|The former rifle factory]]

== Notable people ==
[[File:Leif-Davidsen.jpg|110px|thumb|Leif Davidsen, 2008|left]]
* [[Martin Knudsen]] (born 1871 in Hasmark – 1945) Danish physicist and oceanographer
* [[Jørgen Møller]] (1873 in Otterup – 1944) a Danish chess master
* [[Rudolf Broby-Johansen]] (1900–1987) an art historian, communist activist and writer; grew up in Lunde, Otterup 
* [[Uffe Schultz Larsen]] (1921 in Otterup – 2005) a Danish sport shooter, competed in various events at the 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics
* [[Leif Davidsen]] (born 1950 in Otterup) a Danish author and journalist
* [[Patrick Banggaard]] (born 1994 in Otterup) a Danish footballer who played as a defender for [[SønderjyskE]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070202001723/http://otterup.dk/ Otterup municipality & Otterup city]

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[[Category:Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark]]
[[Category:Populated places in Funen]]
[[Category:Nordfyn Municipality]]


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