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Aabenraa
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Aabenraa (; , ; South Jutlandic: Affenråe, also spelled Åbenrå) is a town in Southern Denmark, at the head of the Aabenraa Fjord, an arm of the Little Belt, north of the Denmark–Germany border and north of German town of Flensburg. It was the seat of Sønderjyllands Amt (South Jutland County) until 1 January 2007, when the Region of Southern Denmark was created as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform. With a population of 16,500 (1 January 2025), Aabenraa is the largest town and the seat of the Aabenraa Municipality.
Aabenraa is a town of about 16,500 people located in Southern Denmark near the German border, situated at the head of a fjord connected to the Little Belt. It serves as the administrative center of Aabenraa Municipality and was previously the seat of South Jutland County until that position changed during a 2007 Danish government reorganization.
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Place details
- Locality
- Aabenraa
- Region
- Region Syddanmark
- Country
- Danmark
- Population
- 16,401
- Timezone
- Europe/Copenhagen
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Aabenraa
- Settlement.native_name
- Affenråe (South Jutlandic)
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vægterpladsen Aabenraa.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aabenraa in mid-July 2006
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Aabenraa.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southern Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Aabenraa
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Denmark#Denmark Region of Southern Denmark
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Denmark
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 9.69
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
- Settlement.population_urban
- 16500
- Settlement.population_density_urban_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
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On the E45 highway from Kolding or Flensburg
Trains from Copenhagen stop at Rødekro just outside the city (search DSB)
The nearest airport is at Sønderborg (flights from Copenhagen). Other fairly nearby airports are at Hamburg and Billund.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Aabenraa (; , ; South Jutlandic: Affenråe, also spelled Åbenrå) is a town in Southern Denmark, at the head of the Aabenraa Fjord, an arm of the Little Belt, north of the Denmark–Germany border and north of German town of Flensburg. It was the seat of Sønderjyllands Amt (South Jutland County) until 1 January 2007, when the Region of Southern Denmark was created as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform. With a population of 16,500 (1 January 2025), Aabenraa is the largest town and the seat of the Aabenraa Municipality.
The name Aabenraa originally meant "open beach" ().
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aabenraa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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