Marstal municipality, is a former 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 island of

Ærø Ærø () is one of the Denmark, Danish Baltic Sea islands, and part of the Region of Southern Denmark, Southern Denmark Region. Since 1 January 2006 all of Ærø has constituted a single Municipalities of Denmark, municipality, known as Ærø M ...

in southern

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. Since 1 January 2006 it has been part of

Ærø municipality Ærø Municipality () is a '' kommune'' occupying the 88 km² island of Ærø in Denmark in the Region of Southern Denmark as of 1 January 2007, and in 2006 in Funen County. The municipality also encompasses Birkholm and the uninhabited islands ...

. Its territory included the islands of Birkholm and Halmø, and covered an area of 17 km². In 2005, it had a total population of 3,208. Its last mayor was Karsten Landro, a member of the Conservative People's Party (''Det Konservative Folkeparti'')

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. Its main town and site of its municipal council was the town of Marstal. Marstal municipality was the smallest municipality in Funen County. It was located on the eastern portion of the island of Ærø, plus on a number of small islands to the north. Neighboring municipalities were the former

Ærøskøbing Ærøskøbing () is a town on the island of Ærø, Denmark. The suffix -købing means a trade town in the languages that derive from Old Norse. Ærøskøbing's houses and streets are delicately restored to retain the character of the olden days ...

to the west, and Sydlangeland on the island of

Langeland Langeland (, ) is a Danish island located between the Great Belt and Bay of Kiel. The island measures 285 km2 (c. 110 square miles) and, as of 1 January 2018, has a population of 12,446.

to the east, albeit separated from the municipality by the waters of Marstal Bay (''Marstal Bugt''), the

Little Belt The Little Belt (, ) is a strait between the island of Funen and the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark. It is one of the three Danish straits, Danish Straits that drain and connect the Baltic Sea to the Kattegat strait, which drains west to the Nor ...

, and the

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service connects Marstal with the town of

Rudkøbing Rudkøbing is a town in Denmark, on the western coast of the island of Langeland. It is the seat of Langeland Municipality, in the Region of Southern Denmark, Southern Denmark Region. The town is located southeast of Svendborg and is connected t ...

on the island of Langeland. On 1 January 2006 Marstal municipality ceased to exist as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), and merged with

Ærøskøbing municipality Ærøskøbing Municipality (, ) is a former municipality of Funen County on the island of Ærø. The municipality was formed in 1970 and disestablished in 2006 when it was integrated into Ærø Municipality. The municipality was located on the ...

forming a new

. The result was a municipality with an area of 91 km² and a total population of 6,939 (2005). The new municipality belonged to Funen County (in 2006) and is part of the new

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from January 1, 2007.

External links

Ærø island tourist bureau

References

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
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KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
Former municipalities of Denmark Ærø {{SouthernDK-stub