- Glamsbjerg Municipality
Until
January 1 ,2007 , Glamsbjerg municipality was a municipality (Danish, "kommune") inFunen County on the island ofFunen in centralDenmark . The municipality covered an area of 91 km², and had a total population of 5,909 (2005). Its last mayor was Ankjær Stenskrog, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The municipality's main town and the site of its municipal council was the town ofGlamsbjerg , which is located on the main road between the cities ofOdense and Assens.Glamsbjerg municipality ceased to exist due to "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Assens, Haarby, Tommerup, Vissenbjerg, and Aarup municipalities 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 Syddanmark ("South Denmark Region").External links
* [http://www.assens.dk Assens municipality's official website] da icon
References
* Municipal statistics: [http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta] , delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/region/media/nyekommuner.shtml Eniro new municipalities map]
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