| Sønderborg Municipality | |
| Native Name: | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Southern Denmark |
| Coordinates: | 54.9167°N 9.7833°W |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | January 2007 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Area Total Km2: | 496 |
| Population As Of: | 1. January 2024 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 74,233 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
Sønderborg Municipality (Danish: Sønderborg Kommune, German: Kommune Sonderburg), is a kommune in the Region of Southern Denmark partially on the Jutland peninsula and partially on the island of Als in south Denmark, at the border with Germany. The municipality covers an area of 495.86lk=out2lk=out, and has a population of 74,233 . Its mayor as of 1 January 2014 is Erik Lauritzen, a member of the Social Democratic party.
The municipality is split into two sections separated by Alssund, the waterway which separates the island of Als from the Jutland mainland.
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See main article: Sønderborg. The site of its municipal council is the town of Sønderborg.
Sønderborg's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has 11 political committees.[2]
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats | Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 76.2% | Jan Prokopek Jensen (A) | ||||||
| 2009 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 69.3% | Aase Nyegaard (L) | ||||||
| 2013 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 74.1% | Erik Lauritzen (A) | ||||||
| 2017 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 74.5% | |||||||||
| 2021 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 69.0% | ||||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021 | |||||||||||||||
On January 1, 2007, due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), the former Sønderborg municipality, located on Als and the mainland, was combined with Augustenborg (on Als), Broager, Gråsten, Nordborg (on Als), Sydals (on Als), and Sundeved municipalities to form a new Sønderborg municipality. The municipality shares the number one position with Lolland Municipality of being formed through the merger of most former municipalities in the reform of 2007:seven (7). The former Sønderborg municipality covered an area of 54km2, and had a population of 30,555 (2005). Its last mayor was Arne Peder Hansen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.
The municipality is home to two of the major industrial companies in Denmark: Danfoss and Linak.
Sønderborg Municipality is home to the only officially recognised ethno-linguistic minority of Denmark proper, the North Schleswig Germans. This minority makes up about 6% of the total population of the municipalities of Aabenraa/Apenrade, Haderslev/Hadersleben, Sønderborg/Sonderburg and Tønder/Tondern. In these four municipalities, the German minority enjoys certain linguistic rights in accordance with the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark.
Sønderborg is twinned with:
