Until 1 January 2007 Sydals (german: Südalsen) was a municipality (
Danish, ''
kommune'') in
South Jutland County
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on the southern part of the island of
Als
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off the east coast of the
Jutland
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peninsula in south
Denmark
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. The municipality covered an area of 95 km
2, and had a total population of 6,527 (2005). Its last mayor was Jens Peter Kock. The site of its municipal council was the town of Hørup. Other towns in the municipality were Høruphav, Lysabild, Mommark, Skovby, and Sønderby.
Ferry service connects the former municipality at the town of Mommark to the island of
Ærø
Ærø () is one of the Danish Baltic Sea islands, and part of the Southern Denmark Region.
Since 1 January 2006 the whole of Ærø has constituted a single municipality, known as Ærø Kommune. Before that date, there were two municipalities ...
at the town of Søby.
The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing
parish
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es:
* Hørup Parish
* Kegnæs Parish
* Lysabild Parish
* Tandslet Parish
Sydals municipality ceased to exist due to
''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was combined with
Augustenborg,
Broager
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, and
Sønderborg
(; german: Sonderburg ) is a Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Sønderborg Municipality (Kommune). The town has a population of 27,766 (1 January 2022),[Region of Southern Denmark
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References
* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta delivered fro
KMDaka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
External links
Sønderborg municipality's official website (Danish, English and German)
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Former municipalities of Denmark
Sønderborg Municipality