Ringe municipality
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Ringe municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Funen County on the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 154 km², and has a total population of 17,177 (2005). Its mayor is Venstre (Liberal Party), a member of the Bo Andersen political party.
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Ringe.
Neighboring municipalities are Ryslinge and Ørbæk to the east, Årslev to the north, Broby to the west, and Faaborg and Egebjerg to the south.
The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes:
- Espe Parish (Sallinge Herred)
- Gestelev Parish (Sallinge Herred)
- Heden Parish (Sallinge Herred)
- Hellerup Parish (Vindinge Herred)
- Herringe Parish (Sallinge Herred)
- Hillerslev Parish (Sallinge Herred)
- Krarup Parish (Sallinge Herred)
- Ringe Parish (Gudme Herred)
- Søllinge Parish (Vindinge Herred)
- Sønder Højrup Parish (Vindinge Herred)
- Vantinge Parish (Sallinge Herred)
By January 1, 2007 Ringe municipality will cease to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It will be merged with existing Broby, Faaborg, Ryslinge, and Årslev municipalities to form the new Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 638 km² and a total population of 51,144 (2005). The new municipality will belong to the new Region Syddanmark ("South Denmark Region").
[edit] External links
- Municipality's official website
- The new Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality's official website (Danish only)
[edit] References
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
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