Brovst | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Denmark North Jutland Region |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the North Jutland Region |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | North Jutland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Jammerbugt |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 2.3 |
Population As Of: | 2024 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2692 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 9460 |
Brovst is a town in North Jutland, Denmark. It is located in Jammerbugt Municipality, 16 km east of Fjerritslev, 14 km southwest of Aabybro and 2 km east and northeast of the villages of Ny Skovsgård and Skovsgård.
Until 1 January 2007 Brovst was the seat of the former Brovst Municipality.
Brovst is first mentioned in 1458 as Brosth.[2]
A train station was built in Brovst in 1897, and Brovst was a stop on the Fjerritslev-Nørresundby railroad throughout the railroad's history. When the railroad was shut down in 1969, Brovst Station was also closed.[3] [4]
Brovst Speedway Club is a motorcycle speedway club, who competed in the Danish Speedway League from 1973 until 2010, and then again in 2021. The Brovst Speedway Center is located at Mou Kær, on the Over Søen 12, from Brovst to Tranum.[5]