Bredebro

Coordinates: 55°3′19″N 8°49′22″E / 55.05528°N 8.82278°E / 55.05528; 8.82278
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Bredebro
Town
Brede Church
Brede Church
Bredebro is located in Region of Southern Denmark
Bredebro
Bredebro
Location in Region of Southern Denmark
Bredebro is located in Denmark
Bredebro
Bredebro
Bredebro (Denmark)
Coordinates: 55°3′19″N 8°49′22″E / 55.05528°N 8.82278°E / 55.05528; 8.82278
CountryDenmark
RegionSouthern Denmark
MunicipalityTønder Municipality
Area
 • Urban
1.93 km2 (0.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Urban
1,456
 • Urban density750/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
DK-6261 Bredebro

Bredebro is a small town with a population of 1,456 (1 January 2023)[1] in Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark on the Jutland peninsula. The town was the original home of the ECCO shoe manufacturing company.

Until 1 January 2007 Bredebro was the seat of the former Bredebro Municipality (Danish, kommune).

Bredebro Municipality[edit]

The former Bredebro Municipality covered an area of 151 km2, and had a total population of 3,680 (2005). Its last mayor was Vagn Therkel Pedersen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that combined the Ballum, Brede, Randerup, Sønder, and Visby parishes.

Bredebo Municipality ceased to exist due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Højer, Løgumkloster, Nørre-Rangstrup, Skærbæk, and Tønder municipalities to form the new Tønder Municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 1,352 square kilometres (522 sq mi) and a total population of 42,645 (2005).

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