Until 1 January 2007 Nørre-Rangstrup , was a municipality (Danish

Danish language

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, kommune

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) in the former South Jutland County

South Jutland County

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 on the Jutland

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 peninsula in south Denmark

Denmark

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. The municipality covered an area of 302 km², and had a total population of 9,502 (2005). Its last mayor was Ole Østvig Nissen, a member of the Venstre

Venstre (Denmark)

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 (Liberal Party) political party

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. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Toftlund.

The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes:

• Agerskov , Parish
• Arrild Parish
• Bevtoft , Parish
• Branderup Parish
• Tirslund , Parish
• Toftlund Parish

Nørre-Rangstrup municipality ceased to exist due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing Bredebro

Bredebro

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, Højer

Højer

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, Løgumkloster

Løgumkloster

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, Skærbæk

Skærbæk

Skærbæk is a town with a population of 3,117 and a former municipality on the coast of Tønder municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark...

, and Tønder

Tønder

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municipalities to form the new Tønder municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 1,352 km² and a total population of 42,645 (2005).

External links

• The new Tønder municipality's official website (Danish only)