It covered an area of 360 square kilometres (140 sq mi) and had a total population of 7,294 (2005).

This created a municipality with an area of 1,352 square kilometres (522 sq mi) and a total population of 42,645 (2005).

The municipal seat was the town of Skærbæk.

The municipality included the island of Rømø, the southernmost of Denmark's part of the North Frisian Islands.

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