Bogense municipality
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Until January 1, 2007, Bogense municipality was a municipality (Danish
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
, kommune) in Funen County
Funen County
Fyns Amt is a former county in central Denmark, comprising the islands 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 and Svendborg. The county was abolished...
on the north coast of the island of Funen
Funen
Funen , with a size of 2,984 km² , is the third-largest island of Denmark following Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy, and the 163rd largest island of the world. Funen is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 454,358 inhabitants . The main city is Odense, connected to the...
in central Denmark
Denmark
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. The municipality included a number of small islands in the Kattegat
Kattegat
The Kattegat , or Kattegatt is a sea area bounded by the Jutland peninsula and the Straits islands of Denmark on the west and south, and the provinces of Västergötland, Scania, Halland and Bohuslän in Sweden on the east. The Baltic Sea drains into the Kattegat through the Øresund and the Danish...
(Dræet Ø, Æbelø
Æbelø
Æbelø is a Danish island in the Kattegat, off Funen's north coast. The island covers 2,09 km², between the island and Funen there are 4 smaller islands. There are 2 inhabitants on the island in the summer, in the winter it is defacto uninhabited...
) off its northwest coast, and covered an area of 102 km². It had a total population of 6,448 (2005). Its mayor was Arne Kruse, a member of the Social Democrats
Social Democrats (Denmark)
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(Socialdemokraterne) political party
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. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Bogense
Bogense
]Bogense is a town in central Denmark, located on Funen in Nordfyn municipality, Region of Southern Denmark. The town has a population of 3,679 .The city is connected to Odense and Middelfart via busses operated by Fynbus....
.
Bogense municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), merging with former Søndersø
Søndersø municipality
Until January 1, 2007 Søndersø municipality was a municipality in the former Funen County on the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 181 km², and had a total population of 11,234 . Its last mayor was Erik Hansen, a member of the Social Democrats political party...
and Otterup
Otterup municipality
]Until 1 January 2007 Otterup municipality was a municipality in the former Funen County on the north coast of the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality included the island of Vigelsø, and covered an area of 169 km². It had a total population of 10,973...
municipalities to form the new Nordfyn municipality
Nordfyn municipality
]Nordfyn is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It covers an area of and a total population of 29,651 ....
. This created a municipality with an area of 451 km² and a total population of 28,655 (2005). The new municipality belongs to the Region of Southern Denmark ("South Denmark Region").
It was originally planned that the new entity should have continued the name Bogense but this decision was overturned by a local referendum
Referendum
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in June 2006. This result was later approved by Danish Interior Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Lars Løkke Rasmussen
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