Until 1 January 2007,
Faaborg municipality or
Fåborg municipality was a municipality (
Danish,
kommune) in
Funen County on the southwestern coast of the island of
Funen in central
Denmark. The municipality included the islands of
Lyø,
Bjørnø,
Avernakø, and Svelmø, and covered an area of 227 km². It had a total population of 17,325 (2005). Its last mayor was Britta Duelund, a member of the
Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)
political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of
Faaborg.