Hemmet

Hemmet is a small town and a parish in the former Egvad Municipality (Danish: Egvad kommune) since 1 January 2007 part of the Ringkøbing-Skjern municipality, Midtjylland, near the west coast of Jutland in Denmark. Hemmet has a town population of 364 (1 January 2011) and a parish population of 622 (1 January 2011). The word "Hemmet" derives from prior Danish, meaning "The home". In the early 1990s, the town of Hemmet had a school, but it was abolished since it was deemed too small. Afterwards, pupils from Hemmet had to attend the private Christian school in Sønder Vium, 4 km east of Hemmet or the public school 5 km south of Hemmet located in Nørre Bork, where the "Bork Havn Musikfestival" is staged. In Hemmet there is a kindergarten,...