Søndersø Municipality
Until January 1, 2007 Søndersø municipality was a municipality (Danish, "kommune") in the former Funen County on the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 181 km, and had a total population of 11,234 (2005). Its last mayor was Erik Hansen, a member of the Social Democrats ("Socialdemokraterne") political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Søndersø. The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes: Søndersø municipality ceased to exist as the result  of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Otterup and Bogense municipalities to form the new Nordfyn municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 451 km and a total population of 28,655 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region of Southern Denmark.