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Als (German: Alsen) is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea. It lies east of the Jutland peninsula of Denmark at the town of Sønderborg, and north of the German coast at Schleswig. The island covers an area of 321 km² (124 sq. miles), and has a total population of ca. 60,000. It encompasses the municipality Sønderborg as per January 1, 2007. To the north and east of the island are the waters of the Little Belt, to the south is Flensborg Fjord, and to the west is Als Fjord and Als Strait (Alssund).
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