Editing Funen County

{{Infobox settlement
|name                    = Funen County
|native_name             = {{native name|da|Fyns Amt}}
|settlement_type         = [[Counties of Denmark|County of Denmark]]
|image_map               = DenmarkFyn.png
|mapsize                 = 200px
|map_caption             = Funen County in Denmark
|coordinates             = {{coord|55|22|52|N|10|26|07|E|type:adm1st_region:DK|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|seat                    = [[Odense]]
|area_total_km2          = 3486
|population_as_of        = 2006
|population_total        = 478347
|population_density_km2  = auto
}}

'''Funen County''' ({{langx|da|Fyns Amt}}) is a former [[Counties of Denmark|county]] (Danish: ''[[Amt (subnational entity)|amt]]'') in central [[Denmark]], comprising the [[island]]s of [[Funen]], [[Langeland]], [[Tåsinge]], [[Ærø]], and approximately 90 other islands, of which only 25 are inhabited.  The county was formed on 1 April 1970, comprising the former counties of [[Odense County|Odense]] and [[Svendborg County|Svendborg]]. The county was abolished from 1 January 2007, when it merged into [[Region of Southern Denmark]] (''Region Syddanmark'').

The county employed around 20,000 people working in more than 160 institutions located all over Funen.

==Insignia==
Funen County's [[coat of arms]] showed three connected gold [[Humulus lupulus|hop]] leaves on a field of red, representing three former counties of Odense, Svendborg and Assens.  The choice of hop leaves comes from Funen native [[Hans Christian Andersen]]'s song "''I Danmark er jeg født''" ("In Denmark I was born"), where he refers to Funen as "''Æblegård og humlehave''" (Apple farm and hop garden).

For common daily usage, a more modern and [[Information technology|IT]]-friendly version was used. In this version, the background was green and the hop leaves white and much less detailed. Alternate versions had a red or, on occasion, a black background.

The coat of arms was registered in 1976.

== List of County Mayors ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From                      || To                        || County Mayor
|-
| 1 April 1970  || 1974 || [[Edvard Rasmussen]]  ([[Det Radikale Venstre|Social Liberal]])
|-
| 1974  || 1993 || [[Jens Peter Fisker]]  ([[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrat]])
|-
| 1993 || 2001    || [[Karen Nøhr]] ([[Det Radikale Venstre|Social Liberal]])
|-
| 2001 || 2005 || [[Jan Boye]] ([[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Conservative]])
|-
| 2 January 2006 || 31 December 2006 || [[Poul Weber]] ([[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]])
|}

== Municipalities (1970-2006) ==

{| border="0"
|-----
|
* [[Assens municipality]]
* [[Bogense municipality]]
* [[Broby municipality]]
* [[Egebjerg municipality]]
* [[Ejby municipality]]
* [[Faaborg municipality]]
* [[Glamsbjerg municipality]]
* [[Gudme municipality]]
* [[Haarby municipality]]
* [[Kerteminde municipality]]
* [[Langeskov municipality]]
* [[Middelfart municipality]]
* [[Munkebo municipality]]
* [[Nyborg Municipality (1970-2006)|Nyborg Municipality]]
* [[Nørre Aaby municipality]]
* [[Odense municipality]]
|
* [[Otterup municipality]]
* [[Ringe municipality]]
* [[Rudkøbing municipality]]
* [[Ryslinge municipality]]
* [[Svendborg municipality]]
* [[Sydlangeland municipality]]
* [[Søndersø municipality]]
* [[Tommerup municipality]]
* [[Tranekær municipality]]
* [[Ullerslev municipality]]
* [[Vissenbjerg municipality]]
* [[Ørbæk municipality]]
* [[Ærø municipality]] (formed 1 January 2006, a merger between [[Marstal municipality|Marstal]] and [[Ærøskøbing municipality|Ærøskøbing]])
*[[Årslev municipality]]
*[[Aarup municipality]]
|}

== Municipal reform in 2006/2007==
On 1 January 2007, The Danish Municipal Reform replaced the traditional counties with five new regions and cut the number of municipalities to 98. Funen county is included in the new [[Region Syddanmark]] (Region South Denmark). The 32 municipalities within Funen County were reduced to 10.

* [[Assens municipality]] [http://www.assens.dk/] - [[Aarup municipality|Aarup]], [[Assens municipality|Assens]], [[Glamsbjerg municipality|Glamsbjerg]], [[Haarby municipality|Haarby]], [[Tommerup municipality|Tommerup]], and [[Vissenbjerg municipality|Vissenbjerg]]
* [[Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20070710124221/http://www.faaborg-midtfyn.dk/] - [[Årslev municipality|Årslev]], [[Broby municipality|Broby]], [[Faaborg municipality|Faaborg]], [[Ringe municipality|Ringe]], and [[Ryslinge municipality|Ryslinge]]
* [[Kerteminde municipality]] [https://kerteminde.dk] - [[Kerteminde municipality|Kerteminde]], [[Langeskov municipality|Langeskov]], and [[Munkebo municipality|Munkebo]]
* [[Langeland municipality]] [http://www.langelandkommune.dk/] - [[Rudkøbing municipality|Rudkøbing]], [[Sydlangeland municipality|Sydlangeland]], and [[Tranekær municipality|Tranekær]]
* [[Middelfart municipality]] [http://www.middelfart.dk/] - [[Ejby municipality|Ejby]], [[Middelfart municipality|Middelfart]], and [[Nørre Aaby municipality|Nørre Aaby]]
* [[Odense municipality]] [http://www.odense.dk/] (unchanged by the reform)
* [[Nordfyn municipality]] [http://www.nordfynskommune.dk/] - [[Bogense municipality|Bogense]], [[Otterup municipality|Otterup]], and [[Søndersø municipality|Søndersø]]
* [[Nyborg municipality]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20050825055402/http://kommunesite.inforce.dk/sw855.asp] - [[Nyborg municipality (1970-2006)|Nyborg]], [[Ullerslev municipality|Ullerslev]], and [[Ørbæk municipality|Ørbæk]]
* [[Svendborg municipality]] [http://www.svendborg.dk/] - [[Egebjerg municipality|Egebjerg]], [[Gudme municipality|Gudme]], and [[Svendborg municipality|Svendborg]]
* [[Ærø municipality]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310094408/http://www.arrekommune.dk/] (formed 1 January 2006, a merger between [[Marstal municipality|Marstal]] and [[Ærøskøbing municipality|Ærøskøbing]])

== Important former municipalities==
* [[Marstal municipality]] (1970-2005)
* [[Ærøskøbing municipality]] (1970-2005)

==External links==
*{{wikivoyage-inline|Funen and Surrounding Islands}}

{{Counties of Denmark}}

[[Category:Former counties of Denmark (1970–2006)]]
[[Category:Region of Southern Denmark]]