Until January 1, 2007 Ullerslev municipality was a municipality (Danish

Danish language

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: kommune

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) in the former Funen County

Funen County

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, on the east coast of the island of Funen

Funen

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, in central Denmark

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. The municipality covered an area of 54 km², and had a total population of 5,151 (2005). Its last mayor was Erik Christensen, a member of the Socialdemokraterne, the Social Democratic

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.

The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Ullerslev

Ullerslev

Ullerslev is a town in central Denmark, located in Nyborg municipality on the island of Funen in Region of Southern Denmark.The town has a population of 2,772 ....

, with a population of 2,730 (2008).

The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing parish

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es:

• Ellinge Parish
• Flødstrup Parish
• Skellerup Parish
• Ullerslev Parish

Ullerslev municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen 2007 (the Municipality Reform of 2007). It was merged with Nyborg

Nyborg municipality

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 and Ørbæk

Ørbæk municipality

Until January 1, 2007 Ørbæk municipality was a municipality in the former Funen County on the east coast of the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 138 km², and had a total population of 6,886 . Its last mayor was Kaj Refslund, a member of the Venstre ...

 municipalities to form a new Nyborg municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 278 km² and a total population of 31,009 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region of Southern Denmark.