Nordfyn Municipality

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Nordfyns municipality (Nordfyns Kommune)
Municipalities of Denmark
Country Denmark
Region Region of Southern Denmark
Seat Bogense
Area 451.57 km2 (174 sq mi)
Population 29,651 (2009)
Density 65.66 / km2 (170 / sq mi)
Timezone CET (UTC1)
 - summer (DST) CEST (UTC2)
Saint Nicholas Church (Sankt Nikolaj kirke) in Bogense, Denmark. Photograph: Malene Thyssen

Nordfyn is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It covers an area of 451 km2 (174 sq mi) and a total population of 29,651 (2009).

On 1 January 2007 Nordfyn municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Bogense, Otterup and Søndersø.

It was originally planned that the new entity should have continued the existing name of Bogense municipality but a local referendum preferred the name Nordfyn and this decision was approved by the Danish Interior Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, in June 2006.[1]

Demographics

The largest towns in Nordfyns Municipality are:

1. Otterup - 4.726 inhabitants (2008)
2. Bogense - 3.424 inhabitants (2008)
3. Søndersø - 2.993 inhabitants (2008)

Other towns and villages (ordered by population):

Morud - 1.588 inhabitants (2009)
Skamby - 467 inhabitants (2009)

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Coordinates: 55°31′20″N 10°13′20″E / 55.5222222322°N 10.2222222322°E / 55.5222222322; 10.2222222322

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