Editing Sønderborg Municipality

{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Sønderborg Municipality
| native_name             = {{native name|da|Sønderborg Kommune}}<br>{{native name|de|Kommune Sonderburg}}
| other_name              = 
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]]
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = Denmark
| subdivision_type1       = Region
| subdivision_name1       = [[Region of Southern Denmark|Southern Denmark]]
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| image_map               = Map DK Sønderborg.PNG
| map_caption             = Sønderborg Municipality in Denmark
| coordinates             = {{coord|54|55|0|N|9|47|0|E|display=inline,title}}
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| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = January 2007
| leader_title            = Mayor
| leader_name             = {{#property:P6}}
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| area_total_km2          = 496
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| population_as_of        = 1. January 2025
| population_footnotes    = <ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY2?lang=en BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref>
| population_total        = 74,096
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| postal_code             = {{#property:P281}}
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| area_code               = {{#property:P473}}
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'''Sønderborg Municipality''' ({{langx|da|Sønderborg Kommune}}, {{langx|de|Kommune Sonderburg}}), is a ''[[Municipalities of Denmark|kommune]]'' in the [[Region of Southern Denmark]] partially on the [[Jutland]] peninsula and partially on the island of [[Als Island|Als]] in south [[Denmark]], at the border with [[Germany]]. The municipality covers an area of {{convert|495.86|km2|2|lk=out|abbr=on}}, and has a population of 74,096 ({{As of|2025|lc=on}}). Its mayor as of 1 January 2014 is Erik Lauritzen, a member of the Social Democratic party.

==Geography==
The municipality is split into two sections separated by [[Alssund]], the waterway which separates the island of [[Als Island|Als]] from the [[Jutland]] mainland.

=== Locations ===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-right:1em"
|-
| [[Sønderborg]] || align="center"| 28,300 
|-
| [[Nordborg]] || align="center"| 5,700
|-
| [[Gråsten]] || align="center"| 4,300
|-
| [[Broager]] || align="center"| 3,200
|-
| [[Augustenborg, Denmark|Augustenborg]] || align="center"| 3,200
|-
| [[Høruphav]] || align="center"| 2,700
|-
| [[Guderup]] || align="center"| 2,400
|-
| [[Dybbøl]] || align="center"| 2,400
|-
| [[Vester Sottrup]] || align="center"| 1,400
|-
| [[Egernsund]] || align="center"| 1,400
|-
| [[Rinkenæs, Denmark|Rinkenæs]] || align="center"| 1,300
|-
| [[Nybøl]] || align="center"| 1,100
|-
| [[Fynshav]] || align="center"| 786
|-
| [[Tandslet]] || align="center"| 623 
|-
| [[Svenstrup, Sønderborg Municipality|Svenstrup]] || align="center"| 597
|- 
| [[Lysabild]] || align="center"| 510
|}

====The city of Sønderborg====
{{main|Sønderborg}}
The site of its municipal council is the town of [[Sønderborg]].

==Politics==
Sønderborg's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has 11 political committees.<ref>{{cite web |title=Politik {{!}} Sønderborg Kommune |url=https://sonderborgkommune.dk/politik |website=Sønderborg Kommune |access-date=10 September 2023 |language=da}}</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="9"| 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:#89A920;"|'''[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|C}}]]'''
|style="background:#004450;"|'''[[New Right (Denmark)|{{font color|white|D}}]]'''
|style="background:#C9096C;"|'''[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|F}}]]'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Fælleslisten|{{font color|white|L}}}}'''
|style="background:#F4D44D;"|'''[[Danish People's Party|{{font color|white|O}}]]'''
|style="background:#236B8E;"|'''[[Schleswig Party|{{font color|white|S}}]]'''
|style="background:#254C85;"|'''[[Venstre (Denmark)|{{font color|white|V}}]]'''
|style="background:#FF0000;"|'''[[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|{{font color|white|Ø}}]]'''
|-
|[[2005 Danish local elections|2005]]
|15
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|6
|1
|1
|7
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="5"|31
|76.2%
|[[Jan Prokopek Jensen]] (A)
|-
|[[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]
|12
|1
|2
|8
|2
|1
|5
|69.3%
|[[Aase Nyegaard]] (L)
|-
|[[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]
|12
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|
|2
|3
|3
|9
|1
|74.1%
|rowspan="3"|[[Erik Lauritzen]] (A)
|-
|[[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]
|15
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|1
|3
|5
|7
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|74.5%
|-
|[[2021 Danish local elections|2021]]
|14
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|1
|3
|11
|1
|69.0%
|-
|colspan="15"|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/K84733540.htm 2021]
|}

===2007 administrative reform===
On 1 January 2007, as part of [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007)]], the former Sønderborg municipality, located on Als and the mainland, was combined with [[Augustenborg Municipality|Augustenborg]] (on Als), [[Broager Municipality|Broager]], [[Gråsten]], [[Nordborg]] (on Als), [[Sydals]] (on Als), and [[Sundeved]] municipalities to form a new Sønderborg municipality. The municipality shares the number one position with [[Lolland Municipality]] of being formed through the merger of most former municipalities in the reform of 2007:seven (7). The former Sønderborg municipality covered an area of {{convert|54|km2|0|abbr=on}}, and had a population of 30,555 (2005). Its last mayor was Arne Peder Hansen, a member of the [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]] (Liberal Party) [[Politics of Denmark|political party]].

==Economy==
The municipality is home to two of the major industrial companies in Denmark: [[Danfoss]] and [[Linak]].

==North Schleswig Germans==
Sønderborg Municipality is home to the only [[Minority languages of Denmark|officially recognised ethno-linguistic minority]] of [[Denmark proper]], the [[North Schleswig Germans]]. This minority makes up about 6% of the total population of the municipalities of [[Aabenraa Municipality|Aabenraa/Apenrade]], [[Haderslev Municipality|Haderslev/Hadersleben]], Sønderborg/Sonderburg and [[Tønder Municipality|Tønder/Tondern]]. In these four municipalities, the German minority enjoys certain [[linguistic rights]] in accordance with the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages]].

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark}}

===Twin towns — Sister cities===
Sønderborg is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zabrze]] [[Poland]]
*{{flagicon|PRC}} [[Baoding]] [[China]]

== 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]

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Sønderborg Kommune}}
* {{Official website|http://sonderborgkommune.dk|The municipality's official website}} {{in lang|da}}
* [http://www.sonderborg.dk/english/ Joint webportal for public offices, business and non-profit organisations] {{in lang|en}}
* [http://www.visitsonderborg.com/international/en-gb/menu/turist/sonderborg.htm Tourist attractions in Sønderborg] {{in lang|en}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zPH8GzDJnM Video showing the town of Sønderborg]
* [http://ssf4u.org/ Student association in Sønderborg]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Sønderborg
 | NE = ''[[Little Belt]]'' / [[Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality|Faaborg-Midtfyn]]
 | E  = ''[[Little Belt]]'' / [[Ærø Municipality|Ærø]]
 | S  = ''[[Flensburg Firth]]''
 | W  = [[Aabenraa Municipality|Aabenraa]]
 | NW = [[Haderslev Municipality|Haderslev]] / ''[[Little Belt]]''
}}
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