South Jutland County

Basic Facts
County seat	Aabenraa
Area	km²
Inhabitants	253,000 (2003)
Website	www.sja.dk
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South Jutland County (Danish: Sønderjyllands Amt) is a county in southern Denmark, on the peninsula of Jutland.

Northern Schleswig (Nordschleswig) is the German language name on South Jutland, the geographical area covering the southernmost 30 kilometers of the Jutland Peninsula. The area has formerly been a part of the Duchy of Schleswig (also called Sønderjylland in Danish), that was annexed to Prussia after the Second War of Schleswig (1864), but ceded to Denmark after a plebiscite in 1920.

Today an ethnic German minority lives in South Jutland.

The major towns are Sønderborg, Padborg, Tønder, Aabenraa and Haderslev.

Municipalities

Augustenborg Kommune Bredebro Kommune Broager Kommune Bov Kommune Christiansfeld Kommune Gram Kommune Gråsten Kommune Haderslev Kommune Højer Kommune Lundtoft Kommune Løgumkloster Kommune Nordborg Kommune

Nørre-Rangstrup Kommune Rødding Kommune Rødekro Kommune Skærbæk Kommune Sundeved Kommune Sønderborg Kommune Sydals Kommune Tinglev Kommune Tønder Kommune Vojens Kommune Aabenraa Kommune