page_title: Samsø Municipality
section_title: Villages
hierarchical_section_title: Samsø Municipality / Towns / Villages
caption_attribution_description: English: Marina, Ballen Denmark
context_page_description: Samsø municipality is a municipality in Region of Central Denmark. Samsø municipality covers an area of 115 km² in the Kattegat sea, between the Danish mainland of Jutland and Zealand and comprises the island of Samsø as well as a number of small surrounding islands. The mayor has since 2014 been Marcel Meijer, a member of the Social Democrats political party. The seat of the municipal council is the town of Tranebjerg.
  Ferry services connect the town of Sælvig to the town of Hov in Odder Municipality, and the town of Kolby Kås to the city of Kalundborg on Zealand. To the east is the strait of Samsø Bælt, separating Samsø from Zealand.
  Samsø Municipality was not merged with any adjacent municipality under the municipal reform of 2007, as it agreed to enter into a "municipal cooperation agreement" with Aarhus Municipality and limited cooperation with Odder Municipality.
  The municipality is part of Business Region Aarhus and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.
context_section_description: Nordby is the northern-most settlement on the island, and is the location of several restaurants and hotel, as well as the largest natural maze in the world, Samsø Labyrinten.
  There are marinas in Ballen, Langør and Mårup Havn, and all three marinas are popular tourist destinations. Ballen is also home to many hotels and restaurants.
  Samsø Højskole was located in the village of Kolby between 1984-2012. The school today acts as a hotel.
  The ferry harbour to Kalundborg is located in Kolby Kås, on the south-western part of the island. The ferry harbour to Hov is located in Sælvig, also on the western side of the island, but further north. 
  Permelille is a village located south of Tranebjerg. A jam and pickled food factory - Samsø Syltefabrik - is located here. The factory building is from 1887 and is originally a dairy factory, which later became an company that sold eggs and asparagus. The asparagus was pickled, and the picked food factory was established in 1974.  Falcon Center Samsø (Danish: Falkecenter Samsø) is located north of Permelille. 
  Stavns is a village located south of the Kanhave Canal, on the thin neck of the island. South of Stavns is the Samsø Airport (Danish: Samsø Flyveplads). 
  In addition to these villages, there are a number of smaller settlements in the municipality. These are all the settlements with populations of less than 200 people:
caption: Ballen Marina.
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