Bräkne-Hoby is a locality situated in Ronneby Municipality, Blekinge County,

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with 1,689 inhabitants in 2010. It has a middle school and used to have a högstadie (junior-high school). ''Bräkne-Hoby Parish'' is a

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in the

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. Historically the inhabitants of the parish belonged to ''Bräkne Hundred'' in

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. Later a civil parish responsible for municipal tasks, became the separate entity Bräkne-Hoby.

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Populated places in Ronneby Municipality {{Blekinge-geo-stub