Sønderborg Municipality ( Danish : Sønderborg Kommune , German : Kommune Sonderburg ), is a kommune in the Region of Southern Denmark partially on the Jutland peninsula and partially on the island of Als in south Denmark , at the border with Germany . The municipality covers an area of 495.86 km (191.45 sq mi ), and has a population of 74,233 (as of 2024). Its mayor as of 1 January 2014 is Erik Lauritzen, a member of the Social Democratic party.
4-619: The municipality is split into two sections separated by Alssund , the waterway which separates the island of Als from the Jutland mainland. The site of its municipal council is the town of Sønderborg . Sønderborg's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has 11 political committees. Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007 . On 1 January 2007, as part of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007) ,
8-588: A population of 30,555 (2005). Its last mayor was Arne Peder Hansen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party . The municipality is home to two of the major industrial companies in Denmark: Danfoss and Linak . Sønderborg Municipality is home to the only officially recognised ethno-linguistic minority of Denmark proper , the North Schleswig Germans . This minority makes up about 6% of
12-511: The former Sønderborg municipality, located on Als and the mainland, was combined with Augustenborg (on Als), Broager , Gråsten , Nordborg (on Als), Sydals (on Als), and Sundeved municipalities to form a new Sønderborg municipality. The municipality shares the number one position with Lolland Municipality of being formed through the merger of most former municipalities in the reform of 2007:seven (7). The former Sønderborg municipality covered an area of 54 km (21 sq mi), and had
16-520: The total population of the municipalities of Aabenraa/Apenrade , Haderslev/Hadersleben , Sønderborg/Sonderburg and Tønder/Tondern . In these four municipalities, the German minority enjoys certain linguistic rights in accordance with the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages . Sønderborg is twinned with: Alssund The Alssund is the narrow strait between Als island and
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