Faaborg
Sign in to saveFaaborg or Fåborg () is an old port town located on Faaborg Fjord in Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality on the island of Funen in Denmark. By road, Faaborg is located southwest of Odense, west-northwest of Svendborg, and roughly southeast of Middelfart, depending upon the route. It has a population of 6,763 (1 January 2025). With its busy port, narrow streets and attractive old houses, the town is popular with tourists, particularly in the summer months. Faaborg was formerly the seat of Faaborg municipality. The seat of the new municipality is Ringe. Both municipalities use(d) Faaborg's medieval coa
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Place details
- Locality
- Faaborg
- Region
- Region Syddanmark
- Country
- Danmark
- Population
- 6,944
- Timezone
- Europe/Copenhagen
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Faaborg
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tårngade, Faaborg 2021.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Tower Street in Faaborg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Faaborg.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Denmark#Denmark Region of Southern Denmark
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southern Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Faaborg-Midtfyn
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 4.6
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
- Settlement.population_urban
- 6763
- Settlement.population_density_urban_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 7178
- Official website
- www.faaborgmidtfyn.dk
- Image
- Tårngade, Faaborg 2021.jpg
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- Faaborg
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- P8168
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Faaborg or Fåborg () is an old port town located on Faaborg Fjord in Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality on the island of Funen in Denmark. By road, Faaborg is located southwest of Odense, west-northwest of Svendborg, and roughly southeast of Middelfart, depending upon the route. It has a population of 6,763 (1 January 2025). With its busy port, narrow streets and attractive old houses, the town is popular with tourists, particularly in the summer months. Faaborg was formerly the seat of Faaborg municipality. The seat of the new municipality is Ringe. Both municipalities use(d) Faaborg's medieval coat of arms.
==History== thumb|left|Dyreborg close to Faaborg in 1910 Faaborg is first mentioned as Foburgh in a document located in the French National Archives in Paris dated 25 June 1229. It is a deed of gift that gives Faaborg and the south of Funen as a morning present to Eleanor of Portugal, from Valdemar II to his daughter-in-law. It is mentioned as a castle (Foburgh meaning Fox Castle), so it must have existed before this date. However, this date has been used as the birth date of Faaborg and thus the town celebrated its 775th anniversary in 2004.
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