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Funen County

Field	Value
name	Funen County
native_name	da
settlement_type	County of Denmark
image_shield	Fyns amt coa.svg
image_map	DenmarkFyn.png
mapsize	200px
map_caption	Funen County in Denmark
coordinates
seat	Odense
area_total_km2	3486
population_as_of	2006
population_total	478347
population_density_km2	auto

Funen County () is a former county (Danish: amt) in central Denmark, comprising the islands of Funen, Langeland, Tåsinge, Ærø, and approximately 90 other islands, of which only 25 are inhabited. The county was formed on 1 April 1970, comprising the former counties of Odense and Svendborg. The county was abolished from 1 January 2007, when it merged into Region of Southern Denmark (Region Syddanmark).

The county employed around 20,000 people working in more than 160 institutions located all over Funen.

Insignia

Funen County's coat of arms showed three connected gold hop leaves on a field of red, representing three former counties of Odense, Svendborg and Assens. The choice of hop leaves comes from Funen native Hans Christian Andersen's song "I Danmark er jeg født" ("In Denmark I was born"), where he refers to Funen as "Æblegård og humlehave" (Apple farm and hop garden).

For common daily usage, a more modern and IT-friendly version was used. In this version, the background was green and the hop leaves white and much less detailed. Alternate versions had a red or, on occasion, a black background.

The coat of arms was registered in 1976.

List of County Mayors

From		To		County Mayor
1 April 1970
1974
1993
2001
2 January 2006

Municipalities (1970-2006)

Municipal reform in 2006/2007

On 1 January 2007, The Danish Municipal Reform replaced the traditional counties with five new regions and cut the number of municipalities to 98. Funen county is included in the new Region Syddanmark (Region South Denmark). The 32 municipalities within Funen County were reduced to 10.

Assens municipality http://www.assens.dk/ - Aarup, Assens, Glamsbjerg, Haarby, Tommerup, and Vissenbjerg
Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality https://web.archive.org/web/20070710124221/http://www.faaborg-midtfyn.dk/ - Årslev, Broby, Faaborg, Ringe, and Ryslinge
Kerteminde municipality https://kerteminde.dk - Kerteminde, Langeskov, and Munkebo
Langeland municipality http://www.langelandkommune.dk/ - Rudkøbing, Sydlangeland, and Tranekær
Middelfart municipality http://www.middelfart.dk/ - Ejby, Middelfart, and Nørre Aaby
Odense municipality http://www.odense.dk/ (unchanged by the reform)
Nordfyn municipality http://www.nordfynskommune.dk/ - Bogense, Otterup, and Søndersø
Nyborg municipality https://web.archive.org/web/20050825055402/http://kommunesite.inforce.dk/sw855.asp - Nyborg, Ullerslev, and Ørbæk
Svendborg municipality http://www.svendborg.dk/ - Egebjerg, Gudme, and Svendborg
Ærø municipality https://web.archive.org/web/20070310094408/http://www.arrekommune.dk/ (formed 1 January 2006, a merger between Marstal and Ærøskøbing)

Important former municipalities

Marstal municipality (1970-2005)
Ærøskøbing municipality (1970-2005)

References

"Fyns Amtskommune".

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