Borre, Denmark

Borre is a village on the island of Møn in south-eastern Denmark. It is located in the eastern part of the island at the foot of a hill leading up to Møns Klint and Liselund. With a population of 256 in the village and 509 in the parish as of 1 January 2023, it is the third largest community on the island after Stege and Store Damme. Now part of Vordingborg Municipality, it belongs to Region Zealand.

In the Middle Ages, Borre was a market town which owed its prosperity to the herring fishing industry. The drained area now referred to as Borre Sømose was then a navigable inlet connected to the sea.

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