Vorbasse with a population of 1,300 (1 January 2022)BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density
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is the 4th largest town in

Billund Municipality Billund is a municipality in the centre of the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark. Formerly the municipality belonged to Ribe County. The new, merged municipality covers an area of 540.18 km², and has a total population of 26,172 (2010). Its mayor ...

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. Annually, the biggest

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in Denmark is arranged,

Vorbasse Market Vorbasse with a population of 1,300 (1 January 2022)naval A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval warfare, naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral zone, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and ...

port, Vorbasse Krigshavn, actually a village pond dominated by the bridge of a former Russian submarine from 1988 until its removal during the 2003 renovation. It still harbours the model warship 'Labri', which is ceremonially launched every

Easter Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the '' Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samuel ...

. In archaeology Vorbasse is well known for its large scale excavations of a settlement that had existed from the 1st century BC to the 11th century AD. The settlement consisted of a number of identical farms spread along a central street. The farm buildings, each set within its own large enclosure, contained a ''

long house A longhouse or long house is a type of long, proportionately narrow, single-room building for communal dwelling. It has been built in various parts of the world including Asia, Europe, and North America. Many were built from timber and often rep ...

'' with generally sloping stone walls built without mortar and several smaller surrounding annexes. The roof of the long house tended to be curved with the centre being higher than the ends.Neveux, Francois. ''The Normans'', p.11. Constable & Robinson Ltd. Translation copyright © Howard Curtis 2008.

Notable people

Henrik Dam Kristensen Henrik Dam Kristensen (born 31 January 1957 in Vorbasse) is a Danish politician and the current speaker of the Danish parliament. He has been a member of the Danish parliament for the Social Democrats from 1990–2004 and again from 2007, during ...

(born 1957 in Vorbasse) a Danish politician and the current speaker of the Danish parliament

External links

Vorbasse's official websiteVorbasse Market's official websiteCamping VorbasseBillund municipality's official websiteNew Billund municipality's official website

References

Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark Billund Municipality