Assens Municipality is a municipality (Danish

Danish language

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...

, kommune) in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the island of Funen

Funen

Funen , with a size of 2,984 km² , is the third-largest island of Denmark following Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy, and the 163rd largest island of the world. Funen is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 454,358 inhabitants . The main city is Odense, connected to the...

 in central Denmark

Denmark

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. The municipality covers an area of 513 km² and a total population of 42,054 (2008). Its mayor is Finn Brunse, a member of the Socialdemokraterne political party

Politics of Denmark

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The municipality's main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Assens

Assens, Denmark

Assens is a town with a population of 6,060 on the west coast of the island of Funen at the shore of the Little Belt in central Denmark. Assens is the municipal seat of Assens municipality in Region of Southern Denmark. It was the birthplace of sculptor Jens Adolf Jerichau who married the...

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The island of Helnæs is connected to the municipality by road. Ferry

Ferry

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 service connects the municipality at the city of Assens to the island of Bågø

Bågø

Bågø is a small Danish island located in the Little Belt 5 km north-west of Assens on the island of Funen belonging to Assens Municipality. With an area of 6.2 km2, as of 1 January 2010 it has a population of 35. The island is divided into three low slopes reaching a maximum height of 8...

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On January 1, 2007, the former Assens municipality was merged with Glamsbjerg

Glamsbjerg municipality

Until January 1, 2007, Glamsbjerg municipality was a municipality in Funen County on the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 91 km², and had a total population of 5,909 . Its last mayor was Ankjær Stenskrog, a member of the Venstre political party...

, Haarby

Haarby municipality

Until 1 January 2007, Haarby municipality or Hårby municipality was a municipality in Funen County on the southwest coast of the island of Funen in central Denmark. To the south is Helnæs Bay . The municipality covered an area of 80 km², and had a total population of 5,037...

, Tommerup

Tommerup municipality

Until January 1, 2007 Tommerup municipality was a municipality in the former Funen County in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 74 km², and had a total population of 7,865...

, Vissenbjerg

Vissenbjerg municipality

Until January 1, 2007 Vissenbjerg municipality was a municipality in the former Funen County on the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 47 km², and had a total population of 6,096...

 and Aarup

Aarup Municipality

Before the Kommunalreformen , Aarup municipality was a municipality in Fyns Amt on the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 81 km², and had a total population of 5,480...

 municipalities to form a new Assens municipality. This was part of the Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007). The former Assens municipality was formed in 1966 by combining the even-then existing Assens Municipality with seven other smaller municipalities located around it.

Assens has a very talented Boys Choir consisting of 18 boys between the ages of 9 and 14 years and 17 young men and adult singers. The choir was established in 1856, however the tradition of using boys to sing in the church of Assens goes back to the 15th Century. This choir is the oldest of its type in Denmark. The Assens Boy Singers perform about 20 concerts a year in such countries as England, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Norway, The Czech Republic, Ireland, and Brazil. Most recently, they performed in Canada and the U.S.

Geography

The highest point on the island of Funen, Frøbjerg Bavnehøj

Frøbjerg bavnehøj

Frøbjerg Bavnehøj is above sealevel and is the highest natural point on the island of Funen....

(131 meters) is located in Assens Municipality.