Bramming is a

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, with a population of 7,315 (1 January 2025),BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density
The Mobile Statbank from

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Esbjerg Municipality Esbjerg Municipality (, ) is a '' kommune'' in the Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Jesper Frost Rasmussen, from the Venstre (Center-Right Party) political party. By 1 January ...

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. It is located 24 km southeast of

Varde Varde is a Danish city in southwestern Jutland and is the primary city in the municipality of Varde, in Region of Southern Denmark. In 2015 municipality changed its motto to "We in nature" to emphasize its rural atmosphere. The town has an old ma ...

, 19 km north of

Ribe Ribe () is a town in south-west Jutland, Denmark, with a population of 8,367 (2025). It is the seat of the Diocese of Ribe. Until 1 January 2007, Ribe was the seat of both a surrounding municipality and county. It is now part of the enlarged E ...

, 40 km southwest of

Grindsted Grindsted, with a population of 9,721 (1 January 2025),BY3: ...

and 19 km east of

Esbjerg Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport city and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban area, urban population of 71,554 (1 January ...

. Bramming is served by Bramming railway station which is located on the

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, and is also the northern

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of the

Bramming–Tønder railway line The Bramming–Tønder railway line () is a long railway line in Denmark which runs through the historical region of Southern Jutland between and the German border just south of . The standard gauge railway line is single track and unelectrifi ...

. Bramming was the municipal seat of the former

Bramming Municipality Until 1 January 2007 Bramming Municipality was a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in Ribe County on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 170 km2, and had a total population of 13, ...

until 1 January 2007.

Churches

There are two churches located in the Bramming area
Skt. Ansgar Church

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in 1915, is located in the railway town, and the medieva
Skt. Knud Church
is located on the northern outskirts of the town. This church served the neighboring mano
Bramming Hovedgård
now Southwest Jutland's Boarding School.

The museum

Bramming Egnsmuseum
located by the water tower, is a museum where changing exhibitions on cultural history, art and crafts are displayed. In 2007, the so-called Historium opened, which is a 5.5 m high glass display case of almost 100 m³. Here, both the Bramming region's and Southwest Jutland's cultural history and features of Danish cultural history as a whole are exhibited.

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Churches

The museum

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