Sønderborg Municipality
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Geography
The municipality is split into two sections separated by Alssund, the waterway which separates the island of Als from the Jutland mainland.
Locations
| Sønderborg | 28,300 |
| Nordborg | 5,700 |
| Gråsten | 4,300 |
| Broager | 3,200 |
| Augustenborg | 3,200 |
| Høruphav | 2,700 |
| Guderup | 2,400 |
| Dybbøl | 2,400 |
| Vester Sottrup | 1,400 |
| Egernsund | 1,400 |
| Rinkenæs | 1,300 |
| Nybøl | 1,100 |
| Fynshav | 786 |
| Tandslet | 623 |
| Svenstrup | 597 |
| Lysabild | 510 |
The city of Sønderborg
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Politics
Sønderborg's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has 11 political committees.[1]
Municipal council
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | ||||||||||
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| 2005 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 76.2% | Jan Prokopek Jensen (A) | |||||
| 2009 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 69.3% | Aase Nyegaard (L) | |||||
| 2013 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 74.1% | Erik Lauritzen (A) | |||||
| 2017 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 74.5% | ||||||||
| 2021 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 69.0% | |||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021 | ||||||||||||||
2007 administrative reform
On 1 January 2007, as part of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), the former Sønderborg municipality, located on Als and the mainland, was combined with Augustenborg (on Als), Broager, Gråsten, Nordborg (on Als), Sydals (on Als), and Sundeved municipalities to form a new Sønderborg municipality. The municipality shares the number one position with Lolland Municipality of being formed through the merger of most former municipalities in the reform of 2007:seven (7). The former Sønderborg municipality covered an area of Script error: No such module "convert"., and had a population of 30,555 (2005). Its last mayor was Arne Peder Hansen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.
Economy
The municipality is home to two of the major industrial companies in Denmark: Danfoss and Linak.
North Schleswig Germans
Sønderborg Municipality is home to the only officially recognised ethno-linguistic minority of Denmark proper, the North Schleswig Germans. This minority makes up about 6% of the total population of the municipalities of Aabenraa/Apenrade, Haderslev/Hadersleben, Sønderborg/Sonderburg and Tønder/Tondern. In these four municipalities, the German minority enjoys certain linguistic rights in accordance with the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
International relations
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Twin towns — Sister cities
Sønderborg is twinned with:
References
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- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
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- Video showing the town of Sønderborg
- Student association in Sønderborg
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