Rømø

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Rømø Island
Island
Rømø Church
Country	Denmark
Municipality	Tønder Municipality
Area	129 km² (50 sq mi)
Center
- coordinates	55°8′0″N 8°31′0″E / 55.13333, 8.51667Coordinates: 55°8′0″N 8°31′0″E / 55.13333, 8.51667
Population	850 (2005)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal codes	6792[1]
Rømø island (left edge) is located in southwest Denmark, due south of the city of Esbjerg.

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.

[edit] See also

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

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Postal website www.Postnumre.dk.

[edit] References

• Tageo.com, "VESTSJAELLAND DENMARK Geography Population" (coordinates), 2007, webpage: Tageo-index.
• Denmark Postal codes, webpage: Postnumre-DK.
• Tele.dk Denmark detailed road map, webpage: Tele-DK-Danmark.

[edit] External links

• [1].

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