abstract:The city of Aabenraa or Åbenrå (, , Sønderjysk: Affenråe), with a population of 15,750 (1 January 2013),BEF44: Population 1st January, by urban areas database from Statistics Denmark is at the head of the Aabenraa Fjord, an arm of the Little Belt, in Denmark, 38 miles (61 km) north of the town of Schleswig. Its name originally meant "open beach" ().