Bredebro is a small town with a population of 1,412 (1 January 2022)BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark in
Region of Southern Denmark
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Jutland
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peninsula. The town was the original home of the
ECCO
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** ''Ecco the Dolphin'', a 1992 video game
* Ecco (''Gotham''), a TV series character
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shoe
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manufacturing company.
Until 1 January 2007 Bredebro was the seat of the former Bredebro Municipality (
Danish
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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
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. The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a ("Municipality Reform") that combined the Ballum, Brede, Randerup, Sønder, and Visby
parish
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Løgumkloster
Løgumkloster (german: Lügumkloster; both mean 'Løgum monastery'), is a town in Tønder Municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark with a population of 3,480 (1 January 2022).Nørre-Rangstrup, Skærbæk, and
Tønder
Tønder (; german: Tondern ) is a town in the Region of Southern Denmark. With a population of 7,505 (as of 1 January 2022), it is the main town and the administrative seat of the Tønder Municipality.
History
The first mention of Tønder might ...
municipalities to form the new
Tønder Municipality
Tønder (German: ''Tondern'', North Frisian: ''Tuner'') is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,278 km2, and has a total populati ...
. This created a municipality with an area of and a total population of 42,645 (2005).