Aakirkeby
Aakirkeby or Åkirkeby is a town in Denmark with a population of 2,091. It is the third largest town on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It was the main town of the now abolished Aakirkeby Municipality.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,060 residents
- Description: town in Denmark
- Also known as: “Akirkeby” and “Åkirkeby”
- Postal code: 3720
Places of Interest
Highlights include NaturBornholm and Aa Church.
NaturBornholm
Museum
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NaturBornholm, located in Aakirkeby, is an interpretive centre and museum on the Danish island of Bornholm. It is dedicated to the geology and natural history of the island. It was inaugurated on 16 May 2000.
Aa Church
Church
Photo: Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aa Church, located in Aakirkeby on the Danish island of Bornholm, is a Romanesque church dating from the 12th century. It is the parish church of Aaker Parish.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lobbæk and Boderne.
Lobbæk
Village
Photo: Hubertus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lobbæk is a village in the south of the Danish island of Bornholm, 10 kilometres east of Rønne and 6 kilometres west of Aakirkeby. It is mainly residential but has a few small firms. As of 2025, it has a population of 307. Lobbæk is situated 5 km west of Aakirkeby.
Boderne
Hamlet
Photo: 7alaskan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Boderne is a small village on the south-eastern coast on the island of Bornholm in Denmark. It is located approximately 5 km south of Aakirkeby. Boderne is situated 5 km south of Aakirkeby.
Pedersker
Village
Photo: Beethoven9, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pedersker is a little village in the southeast of the Danish island of Bornholm, 8 kilometres southeast of Aakirkeby and 11 kilometres southwest of Nexø. As of 2025, it has 209 inhabitants. Pedersker is situated 6 km southeast of Aakirkeby.
Aakirkeby
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Bornholm, Capital Region, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
55.0692° or 55° 4′ 9″ northLongitude
14.9208° or 14° 55′ 15″ eastPopulation
2,060Elevation
88 metres (289 feet)Open location code
9F7P3W9C+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 9481026119OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2624929Wikidata ID
Q259969
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Aakirkeby” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “آكيركبي”
- Asturian: “Aakirkeby”
- Cebuano: “Åkirkeby”
- Czech: “Aakirkeby”
- Danish: “Aakirkeby”
- Danish: “Åkirkeby”
- Dutch: “Aakirkeby”
- Egyptian Arabic: “آكيركبى”
- Estonian: “Åkirkeby”
- Finnish: “Aakirkeby”
- French: “Aakirkeby”
- Galician: “Aakirkeby”
- German: “Aakirkeby”
- Hindi: “आकीरकेबी”
- Hungarian: “Aakirkeby”
- Italian: “Aakirkeby”
- Korean: “오키르케뷔”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aakirkeby”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aakirkeby”
- Norwegian: “Aakirkeby”
- Persian: “آکیرکبی”
- Polish: “Aakirkeby”
- Russian: “Окиркебю”
- Spanish: “Aakirkeby”
- Swedish: “Åkirkeby”
- Turkish: “Aakirkeby”
- Urdu: “آکرکےبے”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Aakirkeby”. Photo: Lilly M, CC BY-SA 3.0.