Aabenraa Municipality
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Aabenraa Municipality (Template:Langx, Template:Langx) is a kommune in the Region of Southern Denmark in southwestern Denmark.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The municipality has an area of 940.7 km2 and a total population of 58,621 (2025).<ref name="BY2">BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark</ref> Its largest town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Aabenraa. The mayor of the municipality is Jan Riber Jakobsen, representing the Conservative People's Party.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The island of Barsø is located in the northeast corner of the municipality in the Little Belt. Major communities include Lundsbjerg near the capital, Aabenraa; Søgård to the south, Felsted to the east, and Løjt Kirkeby to the north.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Løjt Kirkeby is connected by ferry service from the island of Barsø.<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
History
From 1864 to 1920, the region was part of Prussia, in the Province of Schleswig-Holstein, and as such part of the North German Confederation and, from 1871 onwards, part of the German Empire. It was formerly the seat of, respectively the German Kreis Apenrade and the Danish Aabenraa County.
Former municipality
The 1970-2006 Aabenraa municipality was bordered by the municipality of Lundtoft to the south and east, and Rødekro and Tinglev to the west. As it was partially located on a peninsula, it was surrounded by water on three sides: at the southern side of the peninsula by Aabenraa Fjord opening up to the Little Belt east of the peninsula; at the northern side by Genner Bay (Genner Bugt). in South Jutland County on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality, including the island of Barsø, covered an area of 129 km2 with a total population of 22,132 (2005). Its last mayor was Poul Thomsen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.
A new Aabenraa municipality was formed on 1 January 2007 as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007) where the former municipality merged with Bov, Lundtoft, Rødekro, and Tinglev.
Locations
| Largest cities and villages in Aabenraa Municipality<ref>Danmarks Statistikbank</ref> | ||||
| Name | Population (2024) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aabenraa | 16,505 | |||
| Rødekro | 6,193 | |||
| Padborg | 4,258 | |||
| Tinglev | 2,783 | |||
| Løjt Kirkeby | 2,375 | |||
| Hjordkær | 1,619 | |||
| Kruså | 1,515 | |||
| Bylderup-Bov | 1,311 | |||
| Kliplev | 1,234 | |||
| Stubbæk | 1,191 | |||
Politics
Aabenraa's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has nine political committees.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Municipal council
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
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| [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Template:Font color]] | [[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Template:Font color]] | [[New Right (Denmark)|Template:Font color]] | [[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|Template:Font color]] | [[Danish People's Party|Template:Font color]] | [[Schleswig Party|Template:Font color]] | [[Venstre (Denmark)|Template:Font color]] | [[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|Template:Font color]] | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 31 | 74.1% | Tove Larsen (A) | |||||||||||
| 2009 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 67.2% | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 71.8% | Thomas Andresen (V) | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 70.7% | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 66.5% | Jan Riber Jakobsen (C) | ||||||||||
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North Schleswig Germans
Aabenraa 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 the total population of the municipalities of Aabenraa (Template:Langx), Haderslev (Template:Langx), Sønderborg (Template:Langx) and Tønder (Template:Langx). In these four municipalities, the German minority enjoys certain linguistic rights in accordance with the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
The German-language daily Der Nordschleswiger is published in Aabenraa.
Twin towns – sister cities
Template:See also Aabenraa is twinned with:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Template:Flagicon Kaltenkirchen, Germany
References
- Municipal information: borger.dk
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
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