Until 1 January 2007 Sydals (german: Südalsen) was a municipality (

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, '' kommune'') in

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 southern part of the island of

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off the east coast of the

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peninsula in south

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. The municipality covered an area of 95 km², and had a total population of 6,527 (2005). Its last mayor was Jens Peter Kock. The site of its municipal council was the town of Hørup. Other towns in the municipality were Høruphav, Lysabild, Mommark, Skovby, and Sønderby.

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service connects the former municipality at the town of Mommark to the island of

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at the town of Søby. The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing

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es: * Hørup Parish * Kegnæs Parish * Lysabild Parish * Tandslet Parish Sydals municipality ceased to exist due to ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was combined with Augustenborg,

Broager Broager (; german: Broacker, South Jutlandic: Braue) is a town with a population of 3,238 (1 January 2022)Gråsten Gråsten (; german: Gravenstein) is a town with a population of 4,274 (1 January 2022)Nordborg Nordborg (german: Norburg), is a town with a population of 5,709 (1 January 2022),Sundeved Sundeved is a peninsula on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. It lies between Åbenrå Fjord and Als Fjord to the north, Alssund to the east and Flensborg Fjord to the south. The westernmost part of the city of Sønderborg is ...

, and

Sønderborg (; german: Sonderburg ) is a Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Sønderborg Municipality (Kommune). The town has a population of 27,766 (1 January 2022),Region of Southern Denmark The Region of Southern Denmark ( da, Region Syddanmark, ; german: Region Süddänemark, ; frr, Regiuun Syddanmark) is an administrative Regions of Denmark, region of Denmark established on Monday 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Munici ...

References

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD
aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data) * Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map

External links

Sønderborg municipality's official website (Danish, English and German)
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