Editing Tønder Municipality

{{Short description|Municipality in Southern Denmark}}
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 | leader_party         = [[Schleswig Party]]
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[[Image:Tønder motif.png|thumb|An example of a traditional Tønder lace (Tønderknipling)]]

'''Tønder Municipality''' ({{langx|da|Tønder Kommune}}, {{langx|de|Kommune Tondern}}, {{langx|frr|Tuner Komuun}}) is a ''[[Municipalities of Denmark|kommune]]'' in the [[Region of Southern Denmark]] on the [[Jutland]] peninsula in south [[Denmark]]. The municipality covers an area of 1,252&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and has a total population of 36,399 (2025). Its mayor is Jørgen Popp Petersen, a member of the regional [[Schleswig Party]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Medlemmer af kommunalbestyrelsen |url=https://www.toender.dk/demokrati-og-indflydelse/kommunalbestyrelsen-og-politiske-udvalg/medlemmer-af-kommunalbestyrelsen/?party=&committee=&limit=15&offset=0 |website=Tønder Kommune |access-date=10 September 2023 |language=da}}</ref>

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of [[Tønder]]. It consists of six old municipalities, the former Tønder municipality (1970-2006) with 12,706 inhabitants in January 2000 on 184.59 square [[Meter|kilometers]] among them.

==Subdivision==
The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a {{lang|da|kommunalreform}} ("Municipal Reform") that merged a number of existing [[parish]]es:
* Abild Parish
* Hostrup Parish
* Møgeltønder Parish
* [[Tønder]] Parish
* Ubjerg Parish

== Locations ==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-right:1em"
|-
| [[Tønder]] || align="center"| 7,500
|-
| [[Løgumkloster]] || align="center"| 3,500
|-
| [[Toftlund]] || align="center"| 3,200
|-
| [[Skærbæk, Tønder Municipality|Skærbæk]] || align="center"| 3,100
|-
| [[Bredebro]] || align="center"| 1,400
|-
| [[Agerskov (town)|Agerskov]] || align="center"| 1,200
|-
| [[Højer]] || align="center"| 1,100
|-
| [[Møgeltønder]] || align="center"| 800
|-
| [[Abild, Denmark|Abild]] || align="center"| 500
|-
| {{ill|Øster Højst|da}} || align="center"| 500 
|-
| {{ill|Bedsted, Tønder Municipality|lt=Bedsted|da|Bedsted (Tønder Kommune)}} || align="center" | 450
|-
| {{ill|Jejsing|da}} || align="center"| 450
|-
| [[Brøns]] || align="center"| 400
|-
| {{ill|Visby, Tønder Municipality|lt=Visby|da|Visby (Tønder Kommune)}} || align="center"| 350
|-
| [[Døstrup]] || align="center"| 350
|-
| {{ill|Arrild|da}} || align="center"| 300
|-
| {{ill|Husum-Ballum|da}} || align="center"| 300
|-
| {{ill|Branderup|da}} || align="center"| 270
|-
| [[Havneby]] || align="center"| 270
|-
| {{ill|Rejsby|da}} || align="center"| 270
|}

==History==
On 1 January 2007, Tønder municipality was enlarged as the result of  [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007)]] when the [[Bredebro]], [[Højer]], [[Løgumkloster Municipality|Løgumkloster]], [[Nørre-Rangstrup]] (without [[:da:Bevtoft Sogn|Bevtoft Parish]]), and [[Skærbæk Municipality|Skærbæk]] municipalities were merged into the new Tønder municipality. 
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==Politics==
Tønder's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has nine political committees.<ref>{{cite web |title=Politiske udvalg |url=https://www.toender.dk/demokrati-og-indflydelse/kommunalbestyrelsen-og-politiske-udvalg/politiske-udvalg/ |website=Tønder 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="12"| 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:#1CB1B7;"|'''[[Liberal Alliance (Denmark)|{{font color|white|I}}]]'''
|style="background:#EC7D14;"|'''[[Christian Democrats (Denmark)|{{font color|white|K}}]]'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Borgerlisten|{{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:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Tønder Listen|{{font color|white|T}}}}'''
|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]]
|9
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"|
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|
|1
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"|
|16
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="5"|31
|73.0%
|Vagn Terkel Pedersen (V)
|-
|[[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]
|9
|2
|3
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"|
|2
|2
|13
|68.1%
|rowspan="2"|{{ill|Laurids Rudebeck|da}} (V)
|-
|[[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]
|7
|1
|1
|1
|3
|3
|14
|1
|73.3%
|-
|[[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]
|6
|1
|1
|1
|1
|3
|2
|15
|1
|72.0%
|[[Henrik Frandsen]] (V)
|-
|[[2021 Danish local elections|2021]]
|5
|2
|1
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" |
|3
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" |
|4
|9
|6
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" |
|69.8%
|{{ill|Jørgen Popp Petersen|da}} (S)
|-
|colspan="16"|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/K84733550.htm 2021]
|}

==North Schleswig Germans==
Tønder 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 Municipality|Sønderborg/Sonderburg]] and Tønder/Tondern. In these four municipalities, the German minority enjoys certain [[linguistic rights]] in accordance with the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Municipal statistics: [https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/kommunekort/kommunefakta/kommune.aspx?kom=550 Danmarks Statistik kommunefakta], delivered from [https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/kommunekort/kommunefakta DST.dk]
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011050224/http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.toender.dk Municipality's official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Tønder
 | N  = [[Esbjerg Municipality|Esbjerg]]
 | NE = [[Haderslev Municipality|Haderslev]]
 | E  = [[Aabenraa Municipality|Aabenraa]]
 | SE = {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Westre]]
 | S  = {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Rodenäs]] / [[Aventoft]] / [[Humptrup]] / [[Süderlügum]] / [[Ellhöft]]
 | SW = {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Sylt (municipality)|Sylt]]
 | W  = ''[[North Sea]]'' / ''[[Wadden Sea]]''
}}
{{Municipalities of Denmark}}
{{Authority control}}

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