Nørre Broby

Town in Southern Denmark, Denmark

55°15′12″N 10°13′16″E / 55.25333°N 10.22111°E / 55.25333; 10.22111CountryDenmarkRegionSouthern DenmarkMunicipalityFaaborg-Midtfyn MunicipalityArea

• Urban

1.4 km² (0.5 sq mi)Population

(2023)

• Urban

1,479 • Urban density1,100/km² (2,700/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Nørre Broby, or simply Broby, is a small town in southwest-central Funen, Denmark, to the northeast of Haarby. It was the seat of Broby Municipality between 1970 and 2006 until the municipality was dissolved and merged with Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality. 1 January 2023 it had a population of 1,479.^[1] Nørre Broby Church (kirke),^[2] dated to around 1100, is located in the town. It also contains the Broby Library. It has a history of clover production, and farmers in the Nørre Broby area were already cultivating it in 1785.^[3]

Notable people

Maja Jager (born 1991 in Nørre Broby) a Danish female archer, competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics

References

^ BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
^ "Nørre Broby Sogn". Sogn.dk. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
^ Kj'rgaard, Thorkild (2 November 2006). The Danish Revolution, 1500-1800: An Ecohistorical Interpretation. Cambridge University Press. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-521-03043-4.