Rødekro (German: Rothenkrug) is a railway town with a population of 5,950 (1 January 2022),[1] which was the seat of the former Rødekro Municipality (Danish, kommune) in Aabenraa Municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark.

Rødekro
Town
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Coordinates: 55°4′10″N 9°19′58″E
Country	Denmark
Region	Southern Denmark
Municipality	Aabenraa Municipality
Area
• Urban	5.08 km2 (1.96 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Urban	5,950
• Urban density	1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
• Gender [2]	2,844 males and 3,106 females
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	DK-6230 Rødekro

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 Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.

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

• Egvad Parish
• 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, and Aabenraa 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 Region of Southern Denmark ("South Denmark Region").

Notable people

• Anette Hoffmann (born 1971 at Egvad) a former Danish team handball player, twice team gold medallist at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics
• Mike Andersen (born 1977 in Rødekro) a Danish blues and soul songwriter, guitarist, singer and bandleader
• René Bach (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)^{[permanent dead link]}

References

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map