- Broby Municipality
Until
January 1 ,2007 , Broby municipality was a municipality (Danish, "kommune") inFunen County in centralDenmark (but a small town called Broby is also found in the southern parts Sweden). The municipality covered an area of 100 km², and had a total population of 6,353 (2005). Its last mayor was Erling Bonnesen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the city ofNørre Broby .Broby municipality ceased to exist as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Faaborg, Ringe, Ryslinge, and Årslev municipalities to form the new
Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality . This created a municipality with an area of 638 km² and a total population of 51,144 (2005). The new municipality belongs to theRegion Syddanmark ("South Denmark Region").External links
* [http://www.faaborgmidtfyn.dk Faaborg-Midtfyn 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 neighbours: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/region/media/nyekommuner.shtml Eniro new municipalities map]
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