Aabenraa Municipality
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Aabenraa Municipality or Åbenrå Municipality (German: Apenrade) is a municipality (Danish: kommune) in Region of Southern Denmark in south-western Denmark. It has existed in its current form since 1 January 2007 following a merger of several smaller municipalities. The municipality has an area of 951 km² and a total population of 60,189 (2008). The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Aabenraa. The mayor is Tove Larsen representing the Social Democrats.
The island of Barsø is located to the northwest of the municipality, and is connected by ferry service from the town of Løjt Kirkeby. A relatively great part of the German minority in Denmark lives in Aabenraa, where their German-language daily Der Nordschleswiger is published.
From 1864 to 1920, the region was part of Prussia, in the Province of Schleswig-Holstein, and as such part of the North German Confederation and, from 1871 onwards, part of the German Empire. It was formerly the seat of, respectively the German Kreis Apenrade and the Danish Aabenraa County.
Former municipality
The 1970-2006 Aabenraa municipality was bordered by the municipality of Lundtoft to the south and east, and Rødekro and Tinglev to the west. As it was partially located on a peninsula, it was surrounded by water on three sides: at the southern side of the peninsula by Aabenraa Fjord opening up to the Little Belt east of the peninsula; at the northern side by Genner Bay (Genner Bugt). in South Jutland County on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality, including the island of Barsø, covered an area of 129 km² with a total population of 22,132 (2005). Its last mayor was Poul Thomsen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.
A new Aabenraa municipality was formed on 1 January 2007 as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007) where the former municipality merged with Bov, Lundtoft, Rødekro, and Tinglev.
Government and politics
Distribution of the 33 seats in the municipal council:
- Social Democrats 14
- Venstre 10
- Socialist People's Party 2
- Danish People's Party 2
- Schleswig Party 2
- Conservative People's Party 1
References
- Municipal information: borger.dk
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
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Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Apenrade. |
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