Rødekro (german: Rothenkrug) is a

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with a population of 5,950 (1 January 2022),BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density
The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark which was the seat of the former Rødekro Municipality (

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, '' kommune'') in Aabenraa Municipality in

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on the

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peninsula in south

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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

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(''Socialdemokraterne'')

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. The municipality was created in 1970 due to a ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing

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es: *

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* Hellevad Parish * Hjordkær Parish * Rise Parish * Øster Løgum Parish 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 Tinglev (german: Tingleff) is a town with a population of 2,731 (1 January 2022)Aabenraa Aabenraa (; , ; Sønderjysk: ''Affenråe'') is a town in Southern Denmark, at the head of the Aabenraa Fjord, an arm of the Little Belt, north of the Denmark–Germany border and north of German town of Flensburg. It was the seat of Sønderjyl ...

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

("South Denmark Region").

Notable people

Anette Hoffmann Anette Hoffmann (born 5 May 1971) is a former Danish team handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.< ...

(born 1971 at Egvad) a former Danish team handball player, twice team gold medallist at the 1996 and

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* Mike Andersen (born 1977 in Rødekro) a Danish blues and soul songwriter, guitarist, singer and bandleader *

René Bach René Bach (born 7 June 1990, in Hjordkær, Rødekro)www.speedway.com.pl
Retrieved on 2009-04-18. is a Danis ...

(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

The new Aabenraa municipality's official website (Danish only)

References

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodekro Former municipalities of Denmark Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark Aabenraa Municipality