Svendborg Municipality

	Svendborg
Basic data
State :	Denmark
Region :	Syddanmark
Region :	Fyn
Educated:	2007
former municipalities : ; (until the end of 2006)	Svendborg Municipality ; Egebjerg Municipality ; Gudme Municipality
Office (until the end of 2006) :	Fyn's office
Harden : ; (until March 1970)	Sallinge Herred ; Gudme Herred ; Sunds Herred
Office (until 1970) :	Svendborg Office
Residents :	58,296 (2020)
Area :	415.40 km² (2014)
Population density :	140 inhabitants per km²
Municipality number :	479
Administration headquarters:	Svendborg
Address:	Ramsherred 5 ; 5700 Svendborg
Mayor:	Bo Hansen ; ( Social Democrats )
Website:	www.svendborg.dk
Sister cities :	Stralsund Aasiaat Stężyca Dolný Kubín; ; ;

Svendborg Municipality is a Danish municipality in the southeast of the island of Funen . It was created on January 1, 2007 in the course of local government reform by merging the "old" Svendborg municipality with the previous municipalities Egebjerg and Gudme in Fyns Amt .

Svendborg Municipality has a total population of 58,296 inhabitants (January 1, 2020) and an area of 415.40 km². It is part of the Syddanmark region .

Population development

Population development (January 1st)

year	2007	2008	2009	2010	2020
Residents	58,714	59,040	59,185	58,998	58,296

Parish communities and localities of the community

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	Residents	Locality	Residents
27	Bjerreby Sogn	1,075	Bjerreby	352
23	Bregninge Sogn	4,059	Bregninge ^(a) Troense Vindeby	<200 1,211 2,319
08th	Brudager Sogn	339
25th	Drejø Sogn	107
14th	Egense Sogn	2,541	Rantzausminde	1,899
22nd	Fredens Sogn	5,070
04th	Gudbjerg Sogn	1,281	Gudbjerg	463
05	Gudme Sogn	1,235	Gudme	893
06th	Hesselager Sogn	1,418	Hesselager	856
01	Hundstrup Sogn	570	Hundstrup	252
07th	Kirkeby Sogn	1,373	Kirkeby	594
26th	Lands Sogn	1,079	Lands Lundby Strammelse ^(b)	302 275 <200
03	Lunde Sogn	474
28	Lundeborg Sogn ^(c)	554	Lundeborg	433
12	Ollerup Sogn	1,289	Ollerup	1,441
09	Oure Sogn ^(c)	739	Oure	532
19th	Sankt Jørgens Sogn	5,354
20th	Saint Nikolaj Sogn	2,956
17th	Skårup Sogn	2,772	Skårup Åbyskov	1,795 283
02	Stenstrup Sogn	2,087	Stenstrup	1,785
15th	Sørup Sogn	3,572
24	Thurø Sogn	3,545	Thurø By	3,230
16	Tved Sogn	2,853
10	Ulbølle Sogn	906	Ulbølle	553
18th	Vejstrup Sogn	617	Vejstrup	428
11	Vester Skerninge Sogn	1,324	Vester Skerninge	1,086
21st	Vor Frue Sogn	8,071
13	Øster Skerninge Sogn	925
			Svendborg	27,068

^(a)The village of Bregninge had fewer than 200 inhabitants for the first time in 2009.

^(b)The town of Strammelse had more than 200 inhabitants for the first time in 2007

^(c)The former church district "Lundeborg Kirkedistrikt", which was in the area of the Oure Sogn , became independent on October 1, 2010 as Lundeborg Sogn . Since the boundaries of the new Sogn have not yet been published, the arrow can only point to the approximate location of the Sogn.

Twin cities

Svendborg Municipality maintains the following town twinning :

Germany : Stralsund

Greenland Greenland : Aasiaat , both originally twin towns of the "old" Svendborg municipality

Poland : Stężyca

Slovakia : Dolný Kubín , both originally twin towns of the Egebjerg municipality

Previously existing town twinning agreements with the "old" Svendborg Municipality

Finland Kuopio ,
Sweden Jonkoping ,
Norway Bodø ,
United Kingdom Braintree and
China People's Republic Bozhou were terminated in advance of the merger of the municipalities.