Until 1 January 2007 Nørre-Rangstrup (german: Rangstrup), was a municipality (
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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 A ...
on the
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peninsula in south
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. The municipality covered an area of 302 km2, and had a total population of 9,502 (2005). Its last mayor was Ole Østvig Nissen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party)
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. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Toftlund.
The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes:
* Agerskov (german: Aggerschau), Parish
* Arrild Parish
* Bevtoft (german: Beftoft), Parish
* Branderup Parish
* Tirslund (german: Tieslund), Parish
* Toftlund Parish
Nørre-Rangstrup municipality ceased to exist due to ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing Bredebro,
Højer
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Løgumkloster (german: Lügumkloster; both mean 'Løgum monastery'), is a town in Tønder Municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark with a population of 3,480 (1 January 2022).Skærbæk, and
Tønder
Tønder (; german: Tondern ) is a town in the Region of Southern Denmark. With a population of 7,505 (as of 1 January 2022), it is the main town and the administrative seat of the Tønder Municipality.
History
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municipalities to form the new Tønder municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 1,352 km2 and a total population of 42,645 (2005).
Notable people
* Frode Sørensen (born 1946 at Toftlund) a Danish politician, was Tax Minister 2000-2001 and a Member of Parliament (Folketinget) 1998-2007