'Ærø municipality' is a
municipality (
Danish, ''
kommune'') occupying the island of
Ærø in southern
Denmark. The municipality belongs to
Funen County.
The first mayor of Ærø is Jørgen Otto Jørgensen, a member of the
Social Democrats (''Socialdemokraterne'')
political party, until 2005 mayor of
Ærøskøbing municipality. The main town and seat of the municipal council is
Ærøskøbing.
The municipality was created as a result of
''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007) on
1 January 2006, as a union of
Marstal and
Ærøskøbing municipalities. The Danish municipal reform will be implemented on
1 January 2007, but politicians on
Ærø were given the go-ahead to unify the island one year ahead of the rest of the reform. The result is a municipality with an area of 91
km² and a total population of 6,873 (2006). The new municipality belonged to
Funen County in
2006 and is part of the new
Region Syddanmark ("South Denmark Region") from
1 January 2007.
External link
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Official website