Aakirkeby Municipality is a former municipality of
Denmark
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. The municipality covered an area of 186 km
2, and had a total population of 6,622. This former municipality is now included in the municipality of
Bornholm
Bornholm () is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland.
Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. It has usually been ruled by ...
. The seat of the municipality was in
Aakirkeby
Aakirkeby or Åkirkeby is a town in Denmark with a population of 2,119 (1 January 2022). It is the third largest town on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It was the main town of the now abolished Aakirkeby Municipality.
The town is sit ...
, which was also the main town of the municipality.
References
Former municipalities of Denmark
Bornholm
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