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| subdivision_name3 = [[Rise Parish, Aabenraa Municipality|Rise Parish]] | | subdivision_name3 = [[Rise Parish, Aabenraa Municipality|Rise Parish]] | ||
| area_urban_km2 = 5.2 | | area_urban_km2 = 5.2 | ||
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| population_blank1_title = Gender <ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY1?lang=en BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref> | | population_blank1_title = Gender <ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY1?lang=en BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref> | ||
| population_blank1 = | | population_blank1 = 2960 males and 3229 females | ||
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'''Rødekro''' ({{langx|de|Rothenkrug}}) is a [[railway town]], with a population of 6, | '''Rødekro''' ({{langx|de|Rothenkrug}}) is a [[railway town]], with a population of 6,189 (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 [[Aabenraa Municipality]] in [[Region of Southern Denmark]] on the [[Jutland]] peninsula in south [[Denmark]]. It is located 33 km north of the [[Denmark-Germany border]], 37 km northeast of [[Tønder]], 28 km southwest of [[Haderslev]] and 8 km northwest of [[Aabenraa]]. | ||
Rødekro was the seat of the former Rødekro Municipality ([[Danish language|Danish]], ''[[Municipalities of Denmark|kommune]]'') until 1 January 2007. | Rødekro was the seat of the former Rødekro Municipality ([[Danish language|Danish]], ''[[Municipalities of Denmark|kommune]]'') until 1 January 2007. | ||
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Rødekro (Template:Langx) is a railway town, with a population of 6,189 (1 January 2025),[1] in Aabenraa Municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. It is located 33 km north of the Denmark-Germany border, 37 km northeast of Tønder, 28 km southwest of Haderslev and 8 km northwest of Aabenraa.
Rødekro was the seat of the former Rødekro Municipality (Danish, kommune) until 1 January 2007.
The town is served by Rødekro station on the Fredericia–Padborg railway line.
Hotel Røde-Kro is a hotel and inn located in the centre of the town just north of the railway station. The hotels history dates back to 1649 and it was this Inn who named the town (Rødekro means Red Inn in Danish).[2][3]
Rødekro Municipality
The former Rødekro municipality covered an area of 202 km2, and had a total population of 11,695 (2005). Its last mayor was Tove Larsen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.
The municipality was created in 1970 due to a Script error: No such module "Lang". ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing parishes:
On 1 January 2007 Rødekro municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Bov, Lundtoft, Tinglev, and Aabenraa municipalities to form the new Aabenraa municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 951 km2 and a total population of 60,151 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region of Southern Denmark ("South Denmark Region").
Notable people
- Anette Hoffmann (born 1971 at Egvad) a former Danish team handball player, twice team gold medallist at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics
- Mike Andersen (born 1977 in Rødekro) a Danish blues and soul songwriter, guitarist, singer and bandleader
- René Bach (born 1990 in Hjordkær, Rødekro) a motorcycle speedway rider, member of Denmark U-21 national team
- Lea Hansen (born 1999 in Rødekro) a Danish handball player who currently plays for Silkeborg-Voel KFUM
External links
References
- ↑ BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ↑ Hotel Røde-Kro Destination Sønderjylland
- ↑ The history of the hotel
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map