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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.
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Aabenraa is a city in Denmark, situated within Aabenraa Municipality and South Jutland County. It serves as the capital of Aabenraa Municipality and Aabenraa County. The city was established in 1231 and has a population of 15,967. Its official language is Danish, and it is twinned with Kaltenkirchen.
The area of Aabenraa is 9.69 square kilometers, with an elevation of 16 meters above sea level. The postal code for the city is 6200. It operates in the UTC+01:00 and UTC+02:00 time zones.
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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Part of
- South Jutland County
- Country
- Denmark
- Official language
- Danish
- Population
- 15967
- Area
- 9.69
- Elevation
- 16
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Official website
- www.aabenraa.dk
- Image
- Storetorv, Aabenraa 2009.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Kaltenkirchen
- Commons category
- Aabenraa
- topic's main category
- Category:Aabenraa
- postal code
- 6200
- inception
- 1231-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Aabenraa
- P8168
- Ohmden
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
Get in
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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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Today
- Education
- Transport and Infrastructure
- Notable people
- The arts
- Public thinking and public service
- Science and business
- Sport
- Gallery
- References
- External links
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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