Tommerup Stationsby is a town on the island of

Funen Funen ( da, Fyn, ), with an area of , is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy. It is the 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 469,947 as of ...

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with a population of 2,482 (January 2022).BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density
The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark Most villagers work in the more urbanised areas, but

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are also kept and Tommerup is home to a stone factory. Because of

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shortages, this factory is mainly used for special ceramic products, such as a vase, five metres high, which was exhibited at the

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, in 1992. In 1996, Tommerup Stationsby declared itself ''Cultural Village of Europe''. In 1999, it became part of the European network of villages known as Cultural Villages of Europe. There is a train station in Tommerup, run by DSB, with departures once an hour for

Fredericia Fredericia () is a town located in Fredericia Municipality in the southeastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Vejle. It was founded in 16 ...

, where you can continue to cities such as Aalborg and Aarhus. There is also a departure every hour the other way to the third biggest city in Denmark,

Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (behind Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2022, the city proper had a population of 180,863 while Odense Municipality had a population of 20 ...

, where there are departures for the capital,

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

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Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark Populated places in Funen Assens Municipality {{SouthernDK-stub