Sønderjyllands Amt

Basic data
Administrative headquarters:	Åbenrå
Surface:	3,938 km²
Residents:	252,433 (2006)
Population density :	64 inhabitants / km²
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Sønderjyllands Amt was a Danish official commune on the border with Germany . The administrative seat was Aabenraa (German: Apenrade ). The district had 252,433 inhabitants and with an area of 3,938 km² a population density of 64 inhabitants per km².

Since 2007 the area has been in the Syddanmark region .

Population development

On January 1st:

1980 - 249,949
1985 - 249,665
1990 - 250,612
1995 - 251.992
1999 - 253,771
2000 - 253,482
2003 - 253,013
2005 - 252,980
2006 - 252,433

history

Sønderjylland Amt was created in 1970 by merging the administrative districts Haderslev Amt , Tønder Amt (with the exception of the parishes Hviding Sogn , Roager Sogn and Spandet Sogn , which were added to the Ribe Municipality and thus Ribe Amt ) and Aabenraa-Sønderborg Amt . Historically, the office covered the north of the Duchy of Schleswig . This part is from a German perspective, especially when living there German minority , Nordschleswig called.

Municipalities

Inhabitants January 1, 2006 (in brackets the different place names of the German-speaking population).

Åbenrå Municipality (Aabenraa) - 21,994
Augustenborg Municipality (Augustenburg) - 6.525
Bov commune (construction) - 9,959
Bredebro Municipality - 3,644
Broager Municipality (Broacker) - 6,362
Christiansfeld Commune - 9,587
Gråsten Municipality (Gravenstein) - 7.218
Gram Commune ( gram ) - 4,867
Haderslev Kommune (Hadersleben) - 31,544
Højer Municipality (Hoyer) - 2,801
Løgumkloster Kommune (Lügumkloster) - 6,771
Lundtoft Municipality - 6,150

Nørre-Rangstrup Municipality ( Norderrangstrup ) - 9.510
Nordborg Municipality (Norburg) - 13,893
Rødding Municipality ( Rödding ) - 10,995
Rødekro Municipality (Rothenkrug) - 11,756
Skærbæk Municipality (Scherrebek) - 7.172
Sønderborg Municipality ( Sønderborg ) - 30,783

Sundeved Commune (Sundewitt) - 5,286

Sydals Kommune (Südalsen) - 6.531

Tinglev Municipality (Tingleff) - 10.115

Tønder Kommune (Tønder) - 12,285

Vojens Kommune (Woyen) - 16,685