Ærø municipality

	Ærø municipality
Basic data
State :	Denmark
Region :	Syddanmark
Region :	Fyn
Educated:	2006
former municipalities : ; (until the end of 2005)	Ærøskøbing Kommune ; Marstal Kommune
Office (until the end of 2006) :	Fyn's office
Harde : ; (until March 1970)	Ærø Herred
Office (until 1970) :	Svendborg Office
Residents :	5,964 (2020)
Area :	90.10 km² (2014)
Population density :	66 inhabitants per km²
Municipality number :	492
Administration headquarters:	Ærøskøbing
Address:	Statene 2 ; 5970 Ærøskøbing
Mayor:	Ole Wej Petersen ; ( Social Democrats )
Website:	www.aeroekommune.dk
Sister cities :	Elsfleth Glücksburg Eksjö; ;

Town hall of the Ærø municipality in Ærøskøbing (center)

Ærø Kommune is a Danish municipality. The municipality includes the island of Ærø south of Funen and some smaller islands. It has a total population of 5964 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) and an area of 90.10 km². The seat of the administration is in Ærøskøbing .

Until the German-Danish War in 1864, Ærø belonged to the Duchy of Schleswig . In the border regulation in the Peace of Vienna , it went directly to the Kingdom of Denmark. Until 1970 it formed its own Harde Ærø Herred in what was then Svendborg Office ; then the municipalities originated on the island of Marstal and Ærøskøbing in the County of Funen that so, just a year before January 1, 2006 municipal reform on 1 January 2007 have been merged into the "new" community and since the municipal reform to Syddanmark region include .

Parish communities and localities in the municipality

The following parishes ( Danish : Sogn ) and localities with over 200 inhabitants ( byer according to the definition of the Danish statistical office ) are located in the municipality , with a registered population of zero the place had more than 200 inhabitants in the past:

No.	Parish ( Danish : Sogn )	Residents	Locality	Residents
1	Søby Sogn	597	Søby	438
2	Bregninge Sogn	468	Bregninge ^(a)	<200
3	Tranderup Sogn	357	Vindeballe ^(a)	<200
4th	Ærøskøbing Sogn	997	Ærøskøbing	942
5	Rise Sogn	797
6th	Marstal Sogn	2,747	Marstal Ommel	2111 284