After the 2007 municipal reform Funen County came under the Region of Southern Denmark.

[3] Nearly half of the population of the municipality lived in small villages or rural areas.

The remaining population lived in the other five larger settlements in the municipality, these being Refsvindinge, Måre (including Herrested), Frørup, Tårup and Svindinge.

Smaller villages in the municipality included Kullerup, Øksendrup, Tårup Strand and Langå.

Ørbæk Municipality's coat of arm was ten yellow church bells, placed in a reverse pyramid.

The coat of arms was designed by Palle Aagaard and Henning Terndrup.