Key facts
- Country
- Denmark
- Region
- Southern Denmark
- Established
- 1 January 2007
- Mayor
- Jan Riber Jakobsen
- Total
- 941 km (363 sq mi)
- Density
- 62.1/km (161/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Website
- www .aabenraa .dk
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Denmark
- Named after
- Aabenraa
- Country
- Denmark
- Located in
- Southern Denmark
- Capital
- Aabenraa
- Population
- 58904
- Area
- 941
- Elevation
- 44
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Sønderborg Municipality
- Legal form
- municipality of Denmark
- Official website
- www.aabenraa.dk
- Image
- Åbenrå Kommune 2022 fra øst.jpg
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- Commons category
- Aabenraa Kommune
- inception
- 2007-01-01
- postal code
- 6200
- twinned administrative body
- Kaltenkirchen
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Aabenraa Municipality
- topic's main category
- Category:Aabenraa Municipality
- street address
- Skelbækvej 2, 6200 Aabenraa
- replaces
- Aabenraa municipality
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Encyclopedic overview
Aabenraa Municipality (Danish: Aabenraa Kommune, German: Kommune Apenrade) is a kommune in the Region of Southern Denmark in southwestern Denmark. The municipality has an area of 940.7 km and a total population of 58,405 (2026). Its largest town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Aabenraa. The mayor of the municipality is Jan Riber Jakobsen, representing the Conservative People's Party.
The island of Barsø is located in the northeast corner of the municipality in the Little Belt. Major communities include Lundsbjerg near the capital, Aabenraa; Søgård to the south, Felsted to the east, and Løjt Kirkeby to the north. Løjt Kirkeby is connected by ferry service from the island of Barsø.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aabenraa Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.