Nørre Broby

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File:Nørre_Broby_kirke_(Faaborg_Midtfyn).jpg

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 2024 it had a population of 1,485.[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density] The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark Nørre Broby Church (kirke),{{cite web|url=http://sogn.dk/noerrebroby|title=Nørre Broby Sogn|publisher=Sogn.dk|accessdate=8 July 2014}} 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.{{cite book|last=Kj'rgaard|first=Thorkild|title=The Danish Revolution, 1500-1800: An Ecohistorical Interpretation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgHNr12n4l4C&pg=PA250|date=2 November 2006|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-03043-4|page=250}}

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Category:Populated places in Funen

Category:Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality

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