Vejen Municipality
Vejen Municipality
Vejen Kommune (Danish) | |
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{{#property:P41}} Flag {{#property:P94}} Coat of arms | |
| {{#property:P242}} Location in Denmark | |
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| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Southern Denmark |
| Established | {{#property:P571}} |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | {{#property:P6}} |
| Area | |
• Total | [convert: invalid number] |
| Population (1. January 2025)[1] | |
• Total | 42,702 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | {{#property:P281}} |
| Area code | {{#property:P473}} |
Vejen Municipality (Danish: Vejen Kommune) is a kommune in the Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 817 km2, and has a total population of 42,702 (2025). Its mayor is Frank Schmidt-Hansen, representing the Conservative People's Party..
The municipality is part of Triangle Region and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.[2][3]
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Vejen. One of the attractions of the area is the Vejen Art Museum.[4]
History
[edit | edit source]On 1 January 2007 Vejen municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with Brørup, Holsted, and Rødding municipalities to form an enlarged Vejen municipality.
Locations in Vejen Municipality
[edit | edit source]| Vejen | 9,800 |
| Brørup | 4,500 |
| Holsted | 3,100 |
| Rødding | 2,600 |
| Jels | 2,000 |
| Askov | 1,900 |
| Skodborg | 1,300 |
| Bække | 1,000 |
| Gesten | 950 |
| Store Andst | 800 |
Politics
[edit | edit source]Vejen's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has nine political committees.[5]
Municipal council
[edit | edit source]Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||||
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| A | C | D | F | I | L | L | O | V | Ø | ||||||
| 2005 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 27 | 70.4% | Egon Fræhr (V) | ||||||
| 2009 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 67.2% | |||||||||
| 2013 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 72.5% | ||||||||
| 2017 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 71.9% | |||||||
| 2021 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 68.3% | Frank Schmidt-Hansen (C) | ||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021 | |||||||||||||||
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
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Sources
[edit | edit source]- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
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- Municipality's official website
- Vejen Art Museum Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
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