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Place:Funen, Denmark - Genealogy (388 words) |
 | Funen is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 447,000 people (2006). |
| Two bridges connect Funen to the Danish mainland, Jutland; the first was constructed in the 1930s shortly before World War II for both cars and trains. |
| Funen is famous as the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen and the composer Carl Nielsen. |
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Funen County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (364 words) |
| Fyns Amt (English: Funen County) is a county (Danish, amt) in central Denmark, comprising the islands of Funen, Langeland, Tåsinge, Ærø, and approximately 90 other islands, of which only 25 are inhabited. |
| The county was formed on 1 April 1970, comprising the former counties of Odense and Svendborg. |
| Funen County's coat-of-arms shows three connected gold hop leaves on a field of red, which represent the three former counties of Odense, Svendborg and Assens. |
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