Editing Nordborg (section)

==Nordborg Municipality==
The former Nordborg Municipality covered an area of 125&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and had a total population of 13,956 (2005). Its last mayor was Jan Prokopek Jensen, a member of the [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]] (Socialdemokraterne) [[Politics of Denmark|political party]].

The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a {{lang|da|kommunalreform}} ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes:
* Egen Parish
* Havnbjerg Parish
* Nordborg Parish
* Oksbøl Parish
* Svenstrup Parish

Over the years the presence of Danfoss has made the former Nordborg Municipality, the site of one of the largest industrial workplaces in Denmark. In later years, the municipality saw the rise of another major industrial company, ''Linak'', a global producer of electric [[linear actuator]] systems.

On 1 January 2007 Nordborg Municipality ceased to exist as the result of [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007)]].  It was merged with [[Augustenborg Municipality|Augustenborg]], [[Broager Municipality|Broager]], [[Gråsten]], [[Sundeved]], [[Sydals]], and [[Sønderborg]] municipalities to form the new Sønderborg Municipality.  This created a municipality with an area of 499&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and a total population of 49,886 (2005).