Rømø

Geobox Settlement
name = Rømø Island
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category = Island


image_size = 280px
image_caption = Rømø Church

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symbol = | symbol_size = 90px
country = Denmark | state=
region =
district = Tønder Municipality
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area = 129
area_round = 0
location =
lat_d = 55 | lat_m = 8 | lat_s = 0 | lat_NS= N
long_d= 8 | long_m= 31 | long_s= 0 | long_EW= E
elevation =
population_as_of = 2005
population = 850 | population_density=
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established =
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timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST= +2
postal_code = 6792 [Postal website www.Postnumre.dk.]
postal_code_type = Postal codes
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free_type = | free=
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map_caption = Rømø island (left edge) is located in southwest Denmark, due south of the city of Esbjerg.
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map_locator_x = 5.6
map_locator_y = 78.7
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Rømø (German: "Röm") is a Danish island in the Wadden Sea. Rømø is part of Tønder municipality. The island has 850 inhabitants and covers an area of 129 km². Rømø is a popular tourist spot each year.

Rømø is currently the southernmost of Denmark's Wadden Sea Islands (the previous being the small uninhabited island of Jordsand which sank in 1999). Rømø is linked to the Danish mainland by a road running across a causeway, and the island also lies only about 3 km from the neighbouring German island Sylt, to which it is connected by ferry. It is home to a number of small communities such as Kongsmark, Østerby, Lakolk, and Sønderstrand.

From 1864 until 1920, it belonged to Germany and was part of the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein.

ee also

* Nearby islands: Mandø, Fanø, Sylt (German island).
* Nearby towns: Esbjerg, Ribe, Skærbæk, Tønder

Notes

References

* Tageo.com, "VESTSJAELLAND DENMARK Geography Population" (coordinates), 2007, webpage: [http://www.tageo.com/index-e-da-v-14.htm Tageo-index] .
* Denmark Postal codes, webpage: [http://www.postnumre.dk/ Postnumre-DK] .
* Tele.dk Denmark detailed road map, webpage: [http://home6.inet.tele.dk/vlh/danmark.jpgTele-DK-Danmark] .

External links

* [http://www.romo.dk/international/en-gb/menu/turist/turist-maalgruppe-forside.htm] .