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Nørre Broby

Nørre Broby

Town in Southern Denmark, Denmark

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]

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  1. [1]
    BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. [2]
    "Nørre Broby Sogn". Sogn.dk. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  3. [3]
    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.
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