Bredebro Explained

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).

Bredebro Municipality

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).

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References

  1. https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density