Until 1 January 2007
Rudkøbing municipality was a municipality (
Danish,
kommune) in the former
Funen County on the island of
Langeland in south-central
Denmark. The municipality included the islands of
Strynø and Strynø Kalv, and covered an area of 63 km². It had a total population of 6,676 (2005). Its last mayor was Johan Norden, a member of the
Social Democrats (
Socialdemokraterne)
political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of
Rudkøbing. Part of the former municipality's southern border is defined by the Lindelse Cove (
Lindelse Nor). A bridge connects the former municipality at the town of Rudkøbing over the islands of
Siø and
Tåsinge to the town of
Svendborg on the island of Funen.