Until 1 January 2007 Ringe municipality was a municipality (
Danish
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, ''
kommune'') in the former
Funen County
Funen County ( da, Fyns Amt) is a former county (Danish: ''amt'') in central Denmark, comprising the islands of Funen, Langeland, Tåsinge, Ærø, and approximately 90 other islands, of which only 25 are inhabited. The county was formed on 1 Apri ...
on the island of
Funen
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in central
Denmark
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. The municipality covered an area of 154 km
2, and had a total population of 17,177 (2005). Its last mayor was Bo Andersen, a member of
Venstre (Liberal Party). The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of
Ringe.
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:
* Espe Parish (Sallinge Herred)
* Gestelev Parish (Sallinge Herred)
* Heden Parish (Sallinge Herred)
* Hellerup Parish (Vindinge Herred)
* Herringe Parish (Sallinge Herred)
* Hillerslev Parish (Sallinge Herred)
* Krarup Parish (Sallinge Herred)
* Ringe Parish (Gudme Herred)
* Søllinge Parish (Vindinge Herred)
* Sønder Højrup Parish (Vindinge Herred)
* Vantinge Parish (Sallinge Herred)
Ringe municipality ceased to exist as the result of
''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing
Broby,
Faaborg
Faaborg or FÃ¥borg () is an old port town located on Faaborg Fjord in Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality on the island of Funen in Denmark. By road, Faaborg is located southwest of Odense, west-northwest of Svendborg, and roughly southeast of Midde ...
,
Ryslinge, and
Ã…rslev municipalities to form the new
Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 638 km
2 and a total population of 51,144 (2005). The new municipality belongs to
Region of Southern Denmark
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.
External links
Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality's official website (Danish only)
References
* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta delivered fro
KMDaka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
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Former municipalities of Denmark