Until 1 January 2007 Tommerup municipality was a municipality (
Danish
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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 ...
in central
Denmark
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. The municipality covered an area of 74 km2, and had a total population of 7,865 (2006). Its last mayor was Finn Brunse, a member of the
Social Democrats
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(Socialdemokraterne)
political party
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.
The municipality's main city and the site of its municipal council was
Tommerup
Tommerup is a town in central Denmark with a population of 1,545 (1 January 2022),parish
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Glamsbjerg
Glamsbjerg is a town in central Denmark with a population of 3,350 (1 January 2023),Assens,
Aarup
Aarup is a railway town in central Denmark with a population of 3,259 (1 January 2022),Vissenbjerg
Vissenbjerg is a town in central Denmark with a population of 3,297 (1 January 2023),Region of Southern Denmark
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.
On the area of Tommerup municipality there is the Tommerup transmitter, whose guyed mast is the tallest construction of Denmark (excluding
Greenland
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).
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
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Väike-Maarja Parish
Väike-Maarja Parish ( et, Väike-Maarja vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a population of 5,421 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 457.39 km².
Settlements
;Small boroughs
Kiltsi, Rakke, Simuna, ...