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'''Brørup''' is a [[railway town]], with a population of 4, | '''Brørup''' is a [[railway town]], with a population of 4,557 (1 January 2025),<ref name="BY3">[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref> in [[Vejen Municipality]], [[Region of Southern Denmark]] in [[Denmark]]. It is located 10 km west of [[Vejen]], 26 km northeast of [[Ribe]], 33 km west of [[Kolding]], 40 km south of [[Grindsted]] and 43 km east of [[Esbjerg]]. | ||
Until 1 January 2007 Brørup was the seat of the former Brørup Municipality ([[Danish language|Danish]], ''[[Commune (subnational entity)|kommune]]'') in [[Ribe County]]. | Until 1 January 2007 Brørup was the seat of the former Brørup Municipality ([[Danish language|Danish]], ''[[Commune (subnational entity)|kommune]]'') in [[Ribe County]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:57, 16 June 2025
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Brørup is a railway town, with a population of 4,557 (1 January 2025),[1] in Vejen Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It is located 10 km west of Vejen, 26 km northeast of Ribe, 33 km west of Kolding, 40 km south of Grindsted and 43 km east of Esbjerg.
Until 1 January 2007 Brørup was the seat of the former Brørup Municipality (Danish, kommune) in Ribe County.
Churches
There are two churches located in the Brørup area. Johanneskirken (The Johannes Church), built in 1925, is located in the railway town, and the medieval Brørup Gamle Kirke (Brørup Old Church) is located about 2 km northwest of the town.
Brørup Market
Brørup Market is an auction of farm animals and a hawkers' market. It is held every Friday morning on the marketplace located in the western part of the town.[2]
Transportation
Brørup is served by Brørup railway station which is located on the Lunderskov–Esbjerg railway line.[3]
Brørup Municipality
The former Brørup Municipality covered an area of 107 km2, and had a total population of 6,485 (2005). Its last mayor was Egon Fræhr, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.
Brørup municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing Holsted, Rødding, and Vejen municipalities to form the new Vejen municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 817 km2 and a total population of 41,350 (2005).
Notable people
- Peter Graulund (born 1976 in Brørup) a retired Danish professional football player, over 100 Danish Superliga goals
- Christian Keller (born 1980 in Brørup) a retired Danish professional football player, over 400 club caps
- Mads Conrad-Petersen (born 1988 in Brørup) a Danish badminton player
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Brørup is twinned with:
- Template:Country data PolandTemplate:Namespace detect showallScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Brodnica, Poland
See also
References
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
- Vejen municipality's official website Template:Webarchive Template:In lang
- Brørup municipality's OLD official website (now just a short statement) Template:In lang
Template:Vejen Municipality Template:Authority control
- ↑ BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ↑ Brørup Market VisitVejen
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