Until 1 January 2007 Bogense municipality was a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in

Funen County Funen County () is a former county (Danish: '' amt'') in central Denmark, comprising the islands of Funen, Langeland, Tåsinge, Ærø, and approximately 90 other islands, of which only 25 are inhabited. The county was formed on 1 April 1970, com ...

on the north coast of the island of

Funen Funen (, ), is the third-largest List of islands of Denmark, island of Denmark, after Zealand and North Jutlandic Island, Vendsyssel-Thy, with an area of . It is the List of islands by area, 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in th ...

in central

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. The municipality included a number of small islands in the

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(Dræet Ø, Æbelø) off its northwest coast, and covered an area of 102 km². It had a total population of 6,448 (2005). Its mayor was Arne Kruse, a member of the

Social Democrats Social democracy is a social, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achieving social equality. In modern practice, s ...

(''Socialdemokraterne'')

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. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of

Bogense Bogense () is a town in central Denmark, located on Funen in Nordfyn municipality, Region of Southern Denmark. The town has a population of 4,019 (1 January 2025). With its half-timbered houses, narrow streets and large marina, it is a popular t ...

. Bogense municipality ceased to exist as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), merging with former

Søndersø Søndersø is a town in central Denmark with a population of 3,327 (1 January 2025), located in Nordfyn municipality on the island of Funen. Business The town is home to the following companies: * Orkla Confectionery & Snacks Danmark (formerly KiM ...

and

Otterup Otterup () is a town in central Denmark, located in Nordfyn municipality. It is on the island of Funen, with a population of 5,263 (1 January 2025). Between 1889 and 1994 the Schultz & Larsen rifle factory was working from this small town. No ...

municipalities to form the new

Nordfyn municipality Nordfyn Municipality () is a ''Municipalities of Denmark, kommune'' in the Region of Southern Denmark on the north coast of the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 452.30 km2 and has a total population of 29 ...

. This created a municipality with an area of 451 km² and a total population of 28,655 (2005). The new municipality belongs to the

Region of Southern Denmark The Region of Southern Denmark (, ; , ; ) is an administrative region of Denmark established on Monday 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which abolished the traditional counties ("amter") and set up five larger regions ...

("South Denmark Region"). It was originally planned that the new entity should have continued the name ''Bogense'' but this decision was overturned by a local

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in June 2006. This result was later approved by Danish Interior Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussenbr>

External links

Nordfyn municipality's official website

References

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD
aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data) * Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
{{coord, 55.5660, N, 10.0966, E, source:wikidata, display=title Former municipalities of Denmark