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Nordfyn 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 in Denmark

Denmark

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. 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

Bogense municipality

]Until January 1, 2007, Bogense municipality was a municipality in Funen County on the north coast of the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality included a number of small islands in the Kattegat off its northwest coast, and covered an area of 102 km². It had a total...

, Otterup

Otterup municipality

]Until 1 January 2007 Otterup municipality was a municipality in the former Funen County on the north coast of the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality included the island of Vigelsø, and covered an area of 169 km². It had a total population of 10,973...

 and Søndersø

Søndersø municipality

Until January 1, 2007 Søndersø municipality was a municipality in the former Funen County on the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 181 km², and had a total population of 11,234 . Its last mayor was Erik Hansen, a member of the Social Democrats political party...

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It was originally planned that the new entity should have continued the existing name of Bogense municipality but a local referendum

Referendum

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 preferred the name Nordfyn and this decision was approved by the Danish Interior Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen

Lars Løkke Rasmussen

Lars Løkke Rasmussen is a Danish politician who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from April 2009 to October 2011. He is the leader of the centre-right liberal party, Venstre....

, in June 2006.

Demographics

The largest towns in Nordfyns Municipality are:

1. Otterup

Otterup

Otterup is a town in central Denmark, located in Nordfyn municipality on the island of Funen with a population of 4,892 . Between 1889 and 1994 the Schultz & Larsen riflefactory was working from this small town....

 - 4.726 inhabitants (2008)

2. Bogense

Bogense

]Bogense is a town in central Denmark, located on Funen in Nordfyn municipality, Region of Southern Denmark. The town has a population of 3,679 .The city is connected to Odense and Middelfart via busses operated by Fynbus....

 - 3.424 inhabitants (2008)

3. Søndersø

Søndersø

Søndersø is a town in central Denmark with a population of 3,068 , located in Nordfyn municipality on the island of Funen.-External links:*...

 - 2.993 inhabitants (2008)

Other towns and villages (ordered by population):

Morud - 1.588 inhabitants (2009)

Skamby

Skamby

Skamby is a village in Denmark, with a population of 446 , in Nordfyn municipality on the island of Funen....

- 467 inhabitants (2009)