Bovrup

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Bovrup

Total population

466

Coordinates55.00°, 9.58°

Demographic figures from Statistics Denmark. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Bovrup is a town in Aabenraa Municipality, Southern Jutland, with a population of 459 as of 1 January 2026. It is located 2 km south of Varnæs, 6 km east of Felsted, 12 km north of Gråsten and 14 km southeast of Aabenraa. From 1970 to 2006, the town was part of Lundtoft Municipality.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen

German psychoanalyst (1917–2012)

Hans Peter Hanssen

Danish politician (1862-1936)

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

Danish painter (1783–1853)

Thomas Clausen

Danish mathematician and astronomer (1801–1885)

Jakob Nielsen

Danish mathematician (1890–1959)

Jens Møller

Danish Nazi (1894-1951)

Adolf Ditlev Jørgensen

Danish historian (1840-1897)

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Andreas Hohwü

clockmaker (1803–1885)

Johannes Gelert

Danish-American sculptor (1852-1923)

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Nikolaj Andersen

Danish writer

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Anders Aagaard

Danish restaurant owner and television presenter

A

Anne Wolden-Ræthinge

Danish journalist and author

B

Birte Blønd

Danish poet

C

Claus Eskildsen

E

Erik Overgaard Pedersen

Danish historian

G

Gitte Siem Christensen

Danish actress (1954-2021)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Southern Denmark

• Varnæs
  1.4 mi away · pop. 464
• Blans
  3.1 mi away · pop. 509
• Felsted
  3.4 mi away · pop. 1,116
• Avnbøl
  3.6 mi away · pop. 392
• Ullerup
  3.8 mi away · pop. 416
• Hostrupskov
  5.3 mi away · pop. 447
• Vester Sottrup
  5.7 mi away · pop. 1,470
• Gråsten
  5.7 mi away · pop. 4,168
• Holm
  6.1 mi away
• Stubbæk
  6.2 mi away · pop. 1,191
• Egernsund
  6.3 mi away · pop. 1,556
• Tørsbøl
  6.8 mi away · pop. 270

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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