Ærøskøbing Municipality ( da, Ærøskøbing Kommune, ) is a former municipality of Funen County on the island of Ærø. The municipality was formed in 1970 and disestablished in 2006 when it was integrated into
Ærø Municipality
Ærø () is one of the Danish Baltic Sea islands, and part of the Southern Denmark Region.
Since 1 January 2006 the whole of Ærø has constituted a single municipality, known as Ærø Kommune. Before that date, there were two municipalities ...
.
The municipality was located on the western portion of the island of Ærø. Its neighboring municipality
Marstal
Marstal () is a town in southern Denmark, located in Ærø Municipality on the island of Ærø. Marstal has a population of 2,120 (1 January 2022)Little Belt. To the south is the
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
, and to the southeast are the waters of Marstal Bay (''Marstal Bugt'').
History
Before the municipality was established, the administrative region was originally named West-Æro Municipality (Danish:''Vest-Æro Kommune''), and . Following the 1970 Danish Municipal Reform, it was given its official name.
The municipality covered an area of 74 km², and had a total population of 3,731 (2005). The town of
Ærøskøbing
Ærøskøbing () is a town in central Denmark, located in Ærø Municipality on the island of Ærø. The suffix - købing means a trade town in the languages that derive from Old Norse.
Ærøskøbing's houses and streets are delicately restored ...
Marstal municipality Marstal municipality, is a former municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Funen County on the island of Ærø in southern Denmark. Since 1 January 2006 it has been part of Ærø municipality. Its territory included the islands of Birkholm and Halmà ...
and formed the new
Ærø municipality
Ærø () is one of the Danish Baltic Sea islands, and part of the Southern Denmark Region.
Since 1 January 2006 the whole of Ærø has constituted a single municipality, known as Ærø Kommune. Before that date, there were two municipalities ...
. The result was a municipality with an area of 91 km² and a total population of 6,939 (2005). The new municipality became part of the
Region of Southern Denmark
The Region of Southern Denmark ( da, Region Syddanmark, ; german: Region Süddänemark, ; frr, Regiuun Syddanmark) is an administrative region of Denmark established on Monday 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which ab ...
.
Its last mayor, Jørgen Otto Jørgensen, was a member of the Social Democrats party. He became the mayor of the newly formed Ærø municipality, an office he held twice, from 2006 until 2010 and again from 2014 to 2017.
Mayors
* Helge J. Hansen, 1970–1981
* Kasper Caspersen, 1982–1985
* Jens Groth–Lauritsen, 1986–1997
* Jørgen Otto Jørgensen, 1998–2005