Aakirkeby or Åkirkeby is a town in

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with a population of 2,119 (1 January 2022). It is the third largest town on the island of Bornholm in the

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and ...

. It was the main town of the now abolished

Aakirkeby Municipality Aakirkeby Municipality is a former municipality of Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 186 km2, and had a total population of 6,622. This former municipality is now included in the municipality of Bornholm. The seat of the municipalit ...

. The town is situated in the middle of the southern half of Bornholm, between

Rønne Rønne ( sv, Rönne) is the largest town on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It has a population of 13,807 (1 January 2022). It was a municipality in its own right from 1970 until 2002, when Bornholm was a county ( Danish: ''Born ...

and

Nexø Nexø, sometimes spelled Neksø ( sv, Nexö), is a town on the east coast of the Baltic Baltic may refer to: Peoples and languages *Baltic languages, a subfamily of Indo-European languages, including Lithuanian, Latvian and extinct Old Pruss ...

. The Danish TV-station TV2 has a local office (TV2/Bornholm) in Aakirkeby. Aakirkeby could be translated to "Stream Church town", as Å or Aa is a stream. When speaking of the church alone, which dates from the mid-12th century, it is separated into two words: Aa Kirke.

Myreagre Mølle Myreagre Mølle (Myreagre Windmill) is a whitewashed tower mill located east of Aakirkeby on the Danish island of Bornholm. Built in 1865, it remained in service until 1970.Nexø Nexø, sometimes spelled Neksø ( sv, Nexö), is a town on the east coast of the Baltic Baltic may refer to: Peoples and languages *Baltic languages, a subfamily of Indo-European languages, including Lithuanian, Latvian and extinct Old Pruss ...

."Myreagre Mølle"
''Den Store Danske''. Retrieved 5 November 2012.

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Official WebsiteTV2 Bornholm
Cities and towns in the Capital Region of Denmark Bornholm {{CapitalDK-stub