Tommerup Municipality Explained

Until 1 January 2007 Tommerup municipality was a municipality (Danish, kommune) in the former Funen County in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 74 km2, and had a total population of 7,865 (2006). Its last mayor was Finn Brunse, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.

The municipality's main city and the site of its municipal council was Tommerup.

The municipality was created in 1970 due to a Danish: kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that combined the following parishes:

Tommerup municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Haarby, Glamsbjerg, Assens, Aarup and Vissenbjerg municipality to form a new Assens municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 513 km2 and a total population of 41,201 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region of Southern Denmark.

International relations

See main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark.

Twin towns — Sister cities

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sõprusvallad. Väike-Maarja vald. 21 March 2011. Estonian.