Funen County
Funen County
Fyns Amt (Danish) | |
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Coordinates: 55°22′52″N 10°26′07″E / 55.38111°N 10.43528°E | |
Seat | Odense |
Area | |
• Total | 3,486 km2 (1,346 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 478,347 |
• Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
Funen County (
The county employed around 20,000 people working in more than 160 institutions located all over Funen.
Insignia
Funen County's coat of arms showed three connected gold hop leaves on a field of red, representing three former counties of Odense, Svendborg and Assens. The choice of hop leaves comes from Funen native Hans Christian Andersen's song "I Danmark er jeg født" ("In Denmark I was born"), where he refers to Funen as "Æblegård og humlehave" (Apple farm and hop garden).
For common daily usage, a more modern and IT-friendly version was used. In this version, the background was green and the hop leaves white and much less detailed. Alternate versions had a red or, on occasion, a black background.
The coat of arms was registered in 1976.
List of County Mayors
From | To | County Mayor |
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1 April 1970 | 1974 | Social Liberal )
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1974 | 1993 | Jens Peter Fisker (Social Democrat) |
1993 | 2001 | Social Liberal )
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2001 | 2005 | Jan Boye (Conservative) |
2 January 2006 | 31 December 2006 | Poul Weber (Venstre) |
Municipalities (1970-2006)
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Municipal reform in 2006/2007
On 1 January 2007, The Danish Municipal Reform replaced the traditional counties with five new regions and cut the number of municipalities to 98. Funen county is included in the new
- Vissenbjerg
- Ryslinge
- Munkebo
- Tranekær
- Nørre Aaby
- Odense municipality [6](unchanged by the reform)
- Søndersø
- Ørbæk
- Svendborg
- Ærøskøbing)
Important former municipalities
- Marstal municipality(1970-2005)
- Ærøskøbing municipality(1970-2005)
External links
- Funen and Surrounding Islands travel guide from Wikivoyage