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Tønder (German: Tondern, North Frisian: Tuner) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,278 km², and has a total population of 37,777 (2018). Its mayor is Henrik Frandsen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.[1]

Tønder
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location in Denmark
Coordinates: 54°56′00″N 8°54′00″E
Country	Denmark
Region	Southern Denmark
Established	1 January 2007
Government
• Mayor	Jørgen Popp Petersen
Area
• Total	185 km2 (71 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	38,010
• Density	210/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	www.toender.dk

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Tønder. It consists of six old municipalities, the former Tønder municipality (1970-2006) with 12,706 inhabitants in January 2000 on 184.59 square kilometers among them.

Subdivision

The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipal Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes:

• Abild Parish
• Hostrup Parish
• Møgeltønder Parish
• Tønder Parish
• Ubjerg Parish

Locations

Tønder	7,500
Løgumkloster	3,500
Toftlund	3,200
Skærbæk	3,100
Bredebro	1,400
Agerskov	1,200
Højer	1,100
Møgeltønder	800
Abild	500
Øster Højst	500
Bedsted	450
Jejsing	450
Brøns	400
Visby	350
Døstrup	350
Arrild	300
Husum-Ballum	300
Branderup	270
Havneby	270
Rejsby	270

History

On 1 January 2007, Tønder municipality was enlarged as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007) when the Bredebro, Højer, Løgumkloster, Nørre-Rangstrup (without Bevtoft Parish), and Skærbæk municipalities were merged into the new Tønder municipality.

Politics

Tønder's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has seven political committees.[2]

Municipal council

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

Election	Party										Total seats	Turnout	Elected mayor
	A	C	F	I	K	L	O	S	V	Ø
2005	9	2	1		1		1	1	16		31	73.0%	Vagn Terkel Pedersen (V)
2009	9	2	3				2	2	13			68.1%	Laurids Rudebeck (V)
2013	7	1	1	1			3	3	14	1		73.3%
2017	6	1	1	1		1	3	2	15	1		72.0%	Henrik Frandsen (V)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

North Schleswig Germans

Tønder 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.

References

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

External links

• Municipality's official website

На других языках

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[de] Tønder Kommune

Tønder Kommune (deutsch Kommune Tondern) ist eine dänische Kommune in der Region Syddanmark im südlichen Dänemark (Nordschleswig), die im Zuge der dänischen Kommunalreform zum 1. Januar 2007 durch Zusammenlegung der „alten“ Tønder Kommune mit den bisherigen Kommunen Højer, Bredebro, Skærbæk, Nørre-Rangstrup und Løgumkloster im Sønderjyllands Amt entstanden ist. Die Kommune hat 36.849 Einwohner (1. Januar 2022)[1] auf einer Fläche von 1.281,80 km².[2]

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- [en] Tønder Municipality

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[ru] Тённер (коммуна)

Тённер (дат. Tønder Kommune) — датская коммуна в составе области Южная Дания. Площадь — 1252,39 км², что составляет 2,91 % от площади Дании без Гренландии и Фарерских островов. Численность населения на 1 января 2008 года — 40367 чел. (мужчины — 20127, женщины — 20240; иностранные граждане — 2050).

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