Sydlangeland Municipality

Template:Infobox settlementUntil 1 January 2007 Sydlangeland Municipality was a municipality (Danish: kommune) in the former Funen County, on the southern parts of the island of Langeland. It also included the inhabited islands of Lindø and Langø, as well as a number of smaller uninhabited islands. The municipality covered an area of 120.82 km², and had a total population of 4,034 (2006). Its last mayor was Knud Gether, a member of a local political party.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Sydlangeland Municipality bordered Rudkøbing Municipality to the north. Across a small strait to the west was Marstal Municipality, later Ærø Municipality.

The municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen 2007 (the Municipality Reform of 2007). It was merged with the Tranekær and Rudkøbing municipalities to form the new Langeland municipality. The new municipality belongs to the Region of Southern Denmark.

History

In the Middle Ages, when Denmark was divided into hundreds, Langeland was divided into two hundreds. These were Langeland's Northern Hundred (Danish: Langelands Nørre Herred) and Langeland's Southern Hundred (Danish: Langelands Sønder Herred), the latter also including the island of Siø. The two hundreds on Langeland were part of the fief (Danish: len) of Tranekær Fief, which became Tranekær County in 1662. In 1793 the two counties of Tranekær and Nyborg were merged to form Svendborg County, which was merged with Odense County in 1970 to form Funen County (Danish: Fyns Amt). This county was dissolved in 2007, and the entirety of Funen County became a part of the Region of Southern Denmark.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 1842 Denmark was divided into smaller administrative divisions, namely parish municipalities (Danish: sognekommunner). The borders of these municipalities were largely based on the country's parishes. In the 1970 municipal reform these parish municipalities were dissolved. Four parish municipalities had merged already in 1966 to form Sydlangeland Parish Municipality, which then became Sydlangeland Municipality in 1970. This municipality lasted until 2007 when it was merged with the municipalities of Tranekær and Rudkøbing.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Historical divisions

Historical municipal divisions of Langeland Municipality
2007	1970	1966	1842	Towns
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			Template:Tooltip	Humble
			Template:Tooltip	Tryggelev
			Template:Tooltip	Bagenkop
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Towns

File:HumbleSydlangelandsRådhusSV.jpg

Former city hall in Humble.

Approximately 55% of the municipality's population lived in rural areas or smaller villages. The municipalities two largest towns, Humble and Bagenkop, were each home to around 15% of the municipality's population. The remaining population lived in Lindelse and Tryggelev.<ref name="Statistik" />

Humble was the seat of the municipality. The town was located centrally in the municipality.

Below is the populations from 2006 of the four larger settlements of the municipality.<ref name="Statistik" />

Humble	673
Bagenkop	577
Lindelse	369
Tryggelev	218

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Politics

Municipal council

Below are the municipal council elected since the municipality's creation in 1970 and until 2001, which was the last election before the municipality was dissolved.

Election	Party							Total seats	Elected mayor
Election	[[Social Democrats (Denmark)\|Template:Font color]]	[[Danish Social Liberal Party\|Template:Font color]]	[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)\|Template:Font color]]	[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)\|Template:Font color]]	[[Venstre (Denmark)\|Template:Font color]]	[[Progress Party (Denmark)\|Template:Font color]]	Template:Tooltip	Total seats	Elected mayor
1970	4	5			6			15	Arne Larsen (V)
1974	4	3	1		6	1
1978	5	3			6	1
1981	4	2			8	1
1985	4	2	1	1	7
1989	3	2		1	7			13	Helge Larsen (V)
1993	2	1	1	1	4		4		Knud Gether (...)
1997	3	1			3		6
2001	1	1			3		8
Data from Statistikbanken.dk and editions of Kommunal Aarbog