Tønder Municipality
Tønder (German: Tondern, North Frisian: Tuner) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,278 km², and has a total population of 40,367 (2008). Its mayor is Laurids Rudebeck, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Tønder.
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Subdivision [edit]
The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipal Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes:
- Abild Parish
- Hostrup Parish
- Møgeltønder Parish
- Tønder Parish
- Ubjerg Parish
History [edit]
On 1 January 2007, Tønder municipality was enlarged as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007) when the Bredebro, Højer, Løgumkloster, Nørre-Rangstrup, and Skærbæk municipalities were merged into the new Tønder municipality.
Government and politics [edit]
Distribution of the 31 seats in the municipal council:
- Venstre 12
- Social Democrats 9
- Socialist People's Party 3
- Conservative People's Party 2
- Liberal Alliance 2
- Schleswig Party 2
- Danish People's Party 1
References [edit]
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links [edit]
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Coordinates: 54°56′N 8°54′E / 54.933°N 8.900°E
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