Editing Fanø

{{Short description|Island and Municipality in Southern Denmark}}
{{More citations needed|date=December 2017}}
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[[File:Galionsgården_Sønderho,_landevejen_27.jpg|thumb|Girls wearing folk costumes.]]
'''Fanø''' ({{IPA|da|ˈfɛːˌnøˀ}}) is a Danish island in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of southwestern [[Denmark]], and is the very northernmost of the [[Danish Wadden Sea Islands]]. '''Fanø Municipality''' ({{langx|da|Fanø Kommune}}) is the ''[[Municipalities of Denmark|kommune]]'' that covers the island and its seat is the town of [[Nordby, Fanø|Nordby]].

== Island ==
Fanø is separated from the mainland by the Wadden Sea over a span of approximately {{convert|5|km|mi|spell=in|abbr=off}}.,<ref>(C. Michael Hogan. 2011)</ref> in the north at the closest point to the mainland 1.24&nbsp;km. The island is {{convert|16|km|mi|abbr=off}} long and {{convert|3|km|mi|abbr=off}} wide, and it is located off the coast from the city of [[Esbjerg]] to which it is connected by ferry. The ferry ride takes 12 minutes.

A variety of environments are to be found on Fanø. Not surprisingly, a very common one is sand. The island's whole western shore is one long beach. The island's northwestern corner is a vast [[sandbank]] called "Søren Jessens Sand". Søren Jessen was an entrepreneur and captain from Hjerting, today the westernmost suburb of [[Esbjerg]] and the bank is named after him because his ship, the "Anne Catriane", stranded here in 1712.

The vegetation on Fanø is mainly [[heath (habitat)|heath]] and small [[pine]] trees, never growing tall because of the predominant strong westerly winds from the North Sea.
[[File:DK Fanoe Nordy Museumofshipping.JPG|thumb|Museum of shipping, Nordby]]
Fanø relies heavily on tourism and is visited by some 30,000 people each summer.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}} The main attraction is the fine white sand beach, which is also a popular playground for all kinds of wind and water sports, such as kite flying, surfing and buggies.

Long before paved roads, the beach - being long, straight and quite firm - hosted a yearly motorcycle and car racing event from 1919 and until 1923, where a tragic accident killed a local boy and put a stop to further events.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}} Today is possible to drive your own car on the beach all the way from [[Sønderho]] to Fanø Vesterhavsbad. A public bus service is also operated on the beach. 1 January 2018 the municipality took over the responsibilities of public mass transit on the island from the [[Region of Southern Denmark]].

Also unique is the [[Wadden Sea]] with seals and migrating birds, as well as the two sailor towns Nordby and Sønderho with their maritime history, once among the most wealthy and influential in Denmark, and their vernacular architecture consisting of thatched-roof houses all oriented west–east, again because of the westerly winds.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}

During World War II, Fanø was part of the [[Atlantic Wall]] and the remains of the 300 [[bunkers]] built by the Nazis can still be spotted along the coast line.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}

A number of animals that are otherwise common in Denmark, such as vipers, squirrels, moles and badgers, are nonexistent on the island, whereas foxes, hedgehogs, roebucks, hares and especially rabbits exist in abundance.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}

Fanø is known as a place of summer vacation homes for the well-to-do, and has maintained its population number in contrast to other small islands in Denmark.

==Politics==
Fanø's municipal council consists of 11 members, elected every four years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fanoe.dk/politik/udvalg-raad-og-naevn/byraadet |title=Byrådet |access-date=2019-04-02 |archive-date=2019-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402174316/https://www.fanoe.dk/politik/udvalg-raad-og-naevn/byraadet |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Municipal council===
Below are the municipal councils elected since the [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|Municipal Reform of 2007]].

{| class="wikitable" 
! rowspan="2"| Election
! colspan="10"| Party
! rowspan="2"| Total<br/>seats
! rowspan="2"| Turnout
! rowspan="2"| Elected<br/>mayor
|-
|style="background:#B5211D;"|'''[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|{{font color|white|A}}]]'''
|style="background:#843A93;"|'''[[Danish Social Liberal Party|{{font color|white|B}}]]'''
|style="background:#89A920;"|'''[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|C}}]]'''
|style="background:#C9096C;"|'''[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|F}}]]'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Ø-Gruppen|{{font color|white|G}}}}'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Fanø Lokalliste|{{font color|white|L}}}}'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''[[Miljølisten (Fanø)|{{font color|white|M}}]]'''
|style="background:#254C85;"|'''[[Venstre (Denmark)|{{font color|white|V}}]]'''
|style="background:#FF0000;"|'''[[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|{{font color|white|Ø}}]]'''
|style="background:#00FF00;"|'''[[The Alternative (Denmark)|{{font color|white|Å}}]]'''
|-
|[[2005 Danish local elections|2005]]
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"|
|3
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|1
|1
|3
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|
|rowspan="5"|11
|81.3%
|rowspan="3"|Erik Nørreby (V)
|-
|[[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]
|2
|2
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|1
|5
|81.1%
|-
|[[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]
|1
|2
|1
|1
|2
|4
|85.4%
|-
|[[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]
|1
|2
|1
|2
|1
|3
|1
|85.7%
|Sofie Valbjørn (Å)
|-
|[[2021 Danish local elections|2021]]
|1
|4
|3
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|2
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|82.4%
|Frank Jensen (B)
|-
|colspan="14"|Data from [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2005/adk.htm Kmdvalg.dk 2005], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2009/adk.htm 2009], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2013/Default.htm 2013], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2017/KMDValgKV.html 2017] and [https://kmdvalg.dk/KV/2021/K84733563.htm 2021]
|}

== Notable people ==
[[File:Lilian Brøgger.jpg|140px|thumb|[[Lilian Brøgger]]]]
* [[Henriette Nielsen]] (1815–1900), Danish author and playwright. She used local costumes from Fanø.
* [[Ann Forrest]] (1895–1985), Danish-born American actress. Born in Sønderho.
* [[Lilian Brøgger]] (born 1950), Danish illustrator. The first student to graduate as an illustrator from the Danish Design School in 1972. Born in Nordby.
* [[Thomas Sneum]] (1917–2007), Naval pilot who helped deliver vital photographs of a Nazi radar installation on Fanø to British authorities by using a fragile and risky biplane. Born in Sønderho. 
* [[Tove Birkelund]] (1928–1986), historical geologist
* [[Eva Louise Buus]] (born 1979), Danish artist. In 2015, she exhibited works in Fanø Museum.
* [[Jacob Bymar]] (born 1982), Danish footballer currently playing for B68. Born in Nordby.

== Municipality ==
The municipality is in [[Region of Southern Denmark]], and covers an area of {{convert|56|km2|sqmi|abbr=off}}.  It has a total population of 3,426 (1. January 2023).<ref name="BY2"/> Its mayor is [[Sofie Valbjørn]]. She is a member of [[The Alternative (Denmark)|The Alternative]] [[Politics of Denmark|political party]].

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Nordby.  Other towns include [[Sønderho]], Fanø Vesterhavsbad and Rindby.

Fanø Municipality was not merged with any adjacent municipality under the [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipality Reform 2007|municipal reform of 2007]], as it agreed to enter into a "municipal cooperation agreement" with [[Esbjerg Municipality]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=10080|title = Retsinformation}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}
* Municipal statistics: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070812152043/http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta], delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011050224/http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]
* C.Michael Hogan. 2011. [http://www.eoearth.org/article/Wadden_Sea?topic=49523 ''Wadden Sea''. eds. P.Saundry & C.Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC]

== External links ==
{{Wikivoyage}}
{{commons category|Fanø}}
* [http://www.fanoe.dk Municipality's official website]
* [http://visitfanoe.dk Tourist Information Office]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Fanø
 | N = [[Varde Municipality|Varde]]
 | E = [[Esbjerg Municipality|Esbjerg]]
 | S = ''[[Wadden Sea]]''<br/>[[Tønder Municipality|Tønder]] ([[Rømø]] island)
 | W = ''[[North Sea]]''
}}
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