Settlement Type: | Town |
Bredebro | |
Pushpin Map: | Denmark Region of Southern Denmark#Denmark |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Region of Southern Denmark |
Coordinates: | 55.0553°N 8.8228°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Denmark |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Tønder Municipality |
Area Urban Km2: | 1.93 |
Population As Of: | 2024 |
Population Urban: | 1408 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | DK-6261 Bredebro |
Bredebro is a small town with a population of 1,408 (1 January 2024)[1] in Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark on the Jutland peninsula. The town was the original home of the ECCO shoe manufacturing company.
Until 1 January 2007 Bredebro was the seat of the former Bredebro Municipality (Danish, kommune).
The former Bredebro Municipality covered an area of 151 km2, and had a total population of 3,680 (2005). Its last mayor was Vagn Therkel Pedersen, a member of the Danish: [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]]|italic=no (Liberal Party) political party. The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a Danish: kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that combined the Ballum, Brede, Randerup, Sønder, and Visby parishes.
Bredebo Municipality ceased to exist due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Højer, Løgumkloster, Nørre-Rangstrup, Skærbæk, and Tønder municipalities to form the new Tønder Municipality. This created a municipality with an area of and a total population of 42,645 (2005).