Søndersø municipality
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Søndersø municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Funen County on the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 181 km², and has a total population of 11,234 (2005). Its mayor is Erik Hansen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Søndersø.
Neighboring municipalities are Odense to the southeast, Otterup to the northeast, Bogense to the north, Ejby to the west, and Aarup and the Vissenbjerg to the southwest.
The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes:
- Ejlby Parish (Skovby Herred)
- Hårslev Parish (Skovby Herred)
- Melby Parish (Skovby Herred)
- Skamby Parish (Skam Herred)
- Særslev Parish (Skovby Herred)
- Søndersø Parish (Skovby Herred)
- Veflinge Parish (Skovby Herred)
- Vigerslev Parish (Skovby Herred)
By January 1, 2007 Søndersø municipality will cease to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It will be merged with existing Otterup and Bogense municipalities to form the new Nordfyn municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 451 km² and a total population of 28,655 (2005). The new municipality will belong to the new Region Syddanmark ("South Denmark Region").
[edit] References
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
[edit] External links
- Søndersø municipality & Søndersø city
- The new Nordfyn municipality's official website (Danish only) (note: the domain name has not yet been updated to the new name).
