Bornholm
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Summary
Bornholm is an island[1]. Bornholm ranks in the top 2% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,124 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bornholm regional municipality[3]
- Country: Denmark[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Baltic Sea[5]
- Capital: Rønne[6]
- Flag: flag of Bornholm[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Wolgast[8], Sölvesborg Municipality[9], Simrishamn Municipality[10], Neustadt in Holstein[11], Kretinga[12]
- Postal code: 3700[13]
- Commons category: Bornholm[14]
- Highest point: Rytterknægten[15]
- Official website: https://www.brk.dk/[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bornholm[17]
- Population: 39,632[18]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[25]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Bornholm[26]
- Demonym: bornholmer[27]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Bornholm[28]
- Owner of: Nexø Stadion[29]
- Area: 588.15 km²[30], 588.30 km²[31], 588.36 km²[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:WikiProject 1000 important articles about Denmark[33]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Bornholm[34]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Bornholm include Burgundians[35], a historical ethnic group[36], in Germany[37]; epidemic pleurodynia[38], an infectious disease[39]; Bornholmer Straße[40], a street[41], in Germany[42], founded in 1900[43]; Bornholm Airport[44], an airport[45], in Denmark[46]; and Bornholm regional municipality[47], a municipality of Denmark[48], in Denmark[49], founded in 2003[50], headquartered in Rønne[51].
Why It Matters
Bornholm has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Bornholm is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for Bornholm include Burgundians[35], a historical ethnic group[36], in Germany[37]; epidemic pleurodynia[38], an infectious disease[39]; Bornholmer Straße[40], a street[41], in Germany[42], founded in 1900[43]; Bornholm Airport[44], an airport[45], in Denmark[46]; and Bornholm regional municipality[47], a municipality of Denmark[48], in Denmark[49], founded in 2003[50], headquartered in Rønne[51].