Editing Aabenraa Municipality (section)

==History==
From 1864 to 1920, the region was part of [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]], in the [[Province of Schleswig-Holstein]], and as such part of the [[North German Confederation]] and, from 1871 onwards, part of the [[German Empire]]. It was formerly the seat of, respectively the German [[Kreis Apenrade]] and the Danish [[Aabenraa County]].

===Former municipality===
The 1970-2006 Aabenraa municipality was bordered by the municipality of [[Lundtoft]] to the south and east, and [[Rødekro]] and [[Tinglev]] to the west. As it was partially located on a peninsula, it was surrounded by water on three sides: at the southern side of the peninsula by [[Aabenraa Fjord]] opening up to the [[Little Belt]] east of the peninsula; at the northern side by Genner Bay (''Genner Bugt''). in [[South Jutland County]] on the east coast of the [[Jutland]] peninsula in south [[Denmark]]. The municipality, including the island of ''[[Barsø]]'', covered an area of 129&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> with a total population of 22,132 (2005). Its last mayor was Poul Thomsen, a member of the [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]] (Liberal Party) [[Politics of Denmark|political party]].

A new Aabenraa municipality was formed on 1 January 2007 as the result of [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007)]] where the former municipality merged with [[Bov Municipality|Bov]], [[Lundtoft]], [[Rødekro]], and [[Tinglev]].