Sabro | |
Pushpin Map: | Denmark#Denmark Central Denmark Region |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Denmark |
Coordinates: | 56.2117°N 12.2°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Central Denmark (Midtjylland) |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Aarhus |
Area Urban Km2: | 1.59 |
Population As Of: | 2024 |
Population Urban: | 3378 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Central Europe Time |
Area Code: | (+45) 8 |
Sabro is a suburb of Aarhus in Denmark. Its population is 3,378 (1 January 2024).[1] It is located in the west of Aarhus Municipality, approximately 13km (08miles) from central Aarhus.
Sabro has a sports club, football fields, a gym, grocery stores, hotels, a church, two recreation centres, a dentist, a health care center, a library and a public day school, Sabro Korsvejskolen.
The name was recorded in about 1150 as Sahebroch and in 1386 as Saubro; it possibly derives from Old Danish *saghi, "somewhat cut", referring to tree-felling, and brōk, "swamp".
Sabro was originally one of the smaller villages in the area, with a few houses and farms south and west of Sabro Church.
After the road between Aarhus and Viborg (today Primærrute 26) was built through the area around 1890, a small settlement developed at the crossroads about 1km (01miles) from the original village. In the mid-20th century the sogn (parish) councils of Borum-Lyngby, Lading and Sabro-Fårup (of which Sabro was part until 1 April 1970) decided to make this the location of a central school, Sabro Korsvejskolen (Sabro Crossroads School), which was dedicated in 1964.
In the 1970s and 1980s the crossroads settlement and the original village merged, as part of a strong urban growth which has since continued eastwards, covering former agricultural land in the direction of the neighbouring village of Mundelstrup.