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South Jutland County
South Jutland County (Danish: ''Sønderjyllands Amt'') is a former county (Danish: ''amt'') on the south-central portion of the Jutland Peninsula in southern Denmark.
The county was formed on 1 April 1970, comprising the former counties of Aaben ...
on the island of
Als
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off the east coast of the
Jutland Peninsula
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in south
Denmark
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. The municipality covered an area of 53 km2, and had a total population of 6,577 (2005). Its latest mayor was Åse Nygaard. The site of its municipal council was the town of Augustenborg.
Augustenborg Municipality ceased to exist due to ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was combined with former
Broager Municipality
Broager Municipality is a former Danish municipality (Danish, '' kommune''). The municipality covered an area of 43 km2, and had a total population of 6,290 (2005). Its last mayor was Jørn Lehmann Petersen, a member of the Social Democrats (S ...
,
Gråsten Municipality
Gråsten (; german: Gravenstein) is a town with a population of 4,274 (1 January 2022)Nordborg Municipality
Nordborg (german: Norburg), is a town with a population of 5,709 (1 January 2022),Sundeved Municipality, Sydals Municipality, and
Sønderborg Municipality
Sønderborg Municipality (german: Sonderburg), is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in 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 municipali ...
to form the new Sønderborg Municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 499 km2 and a total population of 49,886 (2005).