Sønderborg Municipality

Sønderborg Municipality Sønderborg Kommune (Danish) Kommune Sonderburg (German)
Municipality
Coat of arms
Sønderborg Municipality in Denmark
Coordinates: 54°55′0″N 9°47′0″E / 54.91667°N 9.78333°E / 54.91667; 9.78333
Country	Denmark
Region	Southern Denmark
Established	January 2007
Government
• Mayor	Erik Lauritzen
Area
• Total	496 km2 (192 sq mi)
Population  (1. January 2024)[1]
• Total	74,233
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	6400
Website	sonderborgkommune.dk

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 495.86 km² (191.45 sq mi), and has a population of 74,233 (as of 2024^[update]). 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.

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.

On 1 January 2007, as part of 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 54 km² (21 sq mi), 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.

Sønderborg is twinned with:

• Zabrze Poland
• Baoding China

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sønderborg Kommune.

• The municipality's official website (in Danish)
• Joint webportal for public offices, business and non-profit organisations (in English)
• Tourist attractions in Sønderborg (in English)
• Video showing the town of Sønderborg
• Student association in Sønderborg