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Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality

Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality (Danish: Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune; formerly Fåborg-Midtfyn) is a kommune in the Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It covers an area of 638 km and has a total population of 52,291 (2024).

On 1 January 2007 Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Broby, Ringe, Aarslev, Ryslinge, and Faaborg.

Urban areas

The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:

# Locality Population
1 Faaborg 7.178
2 Ringe 5.547
3 Årslev 3.638
4 Nørre Lyndelse 1.945
5 Ryslinge 1.801
6 Kværndrup 1.628
7 Nørre Broby 1.480
8 Gislev 1.337
9 Vejle 1.120
10 Korinth 1.102

Politics

Faaborg-Midtfyn's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has six political committees.

Municipal council

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Election Party Total
seats
Turnout Elected
mayor
A B C F L O V Ø Å
2005 11 1 2 2 2 11 29 75.1% Bo Andersen (V)
2009 12 2 4 2 9 73.0% Hans Jørgensen (A)
2013 7 2 1 4 10 1 25 76.5% Christian Thygesen (V)
2017 8 2 1 1 4 7 1 1 74.8% Hans Stavnsager (A)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

References