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Gudme Municipality




The municipality's main city and the site of its municipal council is Gudme .

Neighboring municipalities with land connection are Ørbæk to the north, Ryslinge to the northwest, Egebjerg to the west, and Svendborg to the south. Neighboring municipality to the east, Tranekær , is separated from Gudme by the Great Belt .

The municipality was formed in 1970 from the following parishes;
  • Brudager Sogn (Gudme Herred)

  • Gudbjerg Sogn (Gudme Herred)

  • Gudme Sogn (Gudme Herred)

  • Hesselager Sogn (Gudme Herred)

  • Oure Sogn (Gudme Herred)

  • Vejstrup Sogn (Gudme Herred)


By January 1 , 2007 Gudme municipality will cease to exist as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" Of 2007) . It will be merged with Svendborg and Egebjerg municipalities to form the new Svendborg municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 418 Km&2 and a total population of 58,354 (2005). The new municipality will belong to the new Region Syddanmark ("South Denmark Region").

THE TOWN OF SVENDBORG



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