Sønderborg Municipality
Sønderborg | ||
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Kintra | Denmark | |
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Region | Soothren Denmark | |
Coordinates | 54°55′0″N 9°47′0″E / 54.91667°N 9.78333°ECoordinates: 54°55′0″N 9°47′0″E / 54.91667°N 9.78333°E | |
Area | 496 km2 (192 sq mi) | |
Population | 76,236 (2008) | |
Municipality | syne Januar 2007 | |
Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | |
- summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
Sønderborg Municipality in Denmark
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Sønderborg Municipality (German: Sonderburg), is a municipality (Dens, kommune) in the Region o Soothren Denmark pairtially on the Jutland peninsulae an pairtially on the island o Als in sooth Denmark, at the border wi Germany. The municipality covers an aurie o 496.57 km2 (191.73 sq mi), an haes a total population o 76,236 (as o 2008[update]). Its mayor is Aase Nyegaard, a member o the local poleetical pairty Fælleslisten (literally "The Common Leet").
Geography
[eedit | eedit soorce]The municipality is split inta twa sections separatit bi Alssund, the watterwa which separates the island o Als frae the Jutland mainland.
2007 admeenistrative reform
[eedit | eedit soorce]On 1 Januar 2007, due tae Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" o 2007), the umwhile Sønderborg municipality wis combined wi Augustenborg, Broager, Gråsten, Nordborg, Sydals, an Sundeved municipalities tae form a new Sønderborg municipality. The umwhile Sønderborg municipality covered an aurie o 54 km2 (21 sq mi), an haed a total population o 30,555 (2005). Its last mayor wis Arne Peder Hansen, a member o the Venstre (Leeberal Pairty) poleetical pairty.
The ceety o Sønderborg
[eedit | eedit soorce]The steid o its municipal cooncil is the toun o Sønderborg, which covers maist o the aurie o the municipality.
Economy
[eedit | eedit soorce]The airline Cimber Sterling haes its heidquarters in Sønderborg, Sønderborg Municipality.[1]
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Twin touns — Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Sønderborg is twinned wi:
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Contact Archived 2010-12-28 at Archive.today." Cimber Sterling. Retrieved on 19 January 2010.
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta Archived 2007-08-12 at the Wayback Machine, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Sønderborg Kommune. |
- Municipality's offeecial wabsteid Archived 2015-10-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Dens)