Vejle Municipality
Vejle Municipality
Vejle Kommune (Danish) | |
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| Vejle as seen from the Vejle Fjord Bridge Vejle as seen from the Vejle Fjord Bridge | |
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| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Southern Denmark |
| Established | {{#property:P571}} |
| Seat | City of Vejle |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jens Ejner Christensen (Venstre) |
| Area | |
• Total | [convert: invalid number] |
| Population (1. January 2025)[1] | |
• Total | 122,433 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | {{#property:P281}} |
| Area code | {{#property:P473}} |
Vejle Municipality (Danish: Vejle Kommune) is a kommune in the Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in southeast Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,058.43 km2 (408.66 sq mi) (2013),[2] and has a population of 122,433 (1. January 2025). Its mayor is Jens Ejner Christensen, a member of the agrarian liberal party Venstre. Vejle Municipality's offices are located in its largest population center, the city of Vejle.
In its current configuration, Vejle Municipality was formed under the Municipal Reform of 2007 (Kommunalreformen) by merging the previously existing Vejle Municipality with the neighboring municipalities of Børkop, Egtved, Give (except for properties in two parishes Lindeballe and Ringive occupied by Billund Airport, which became part of Billund Municipality), Jelling, as well as the parish of Grejs, which formerly belonged to the municipality of Tørring-Uldum.
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.[3][4]
The central administration of the Region of Southern Denmark is in Vejle, located in the former Vejle County offices at Damhaven 12.
Locations
[edit | edit source]| Largest cities and villages in Vejle Municipality[5] | ||||
| Name | Population (2024) | |||
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| Vejle | 61,706 | |||
| Børkop | 6,334 | |||
| Give | 4,682 | |||
| Jelling | 3,853 | |||
| Brejning | 3,090 | |||
| Skibet | 2,615 | |||
| Egtved | 2,457 | |||
| Bredsten | 1,898 | |||
| Ødsted | 1,536 | |||
| Thyregod | 1,349 | |||
Politics
[edit | edit source]Vejle's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has ten political committees.[6]
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 | B | C | D | F | I | O | V | Ø | ||||||
| 2005 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 70.3% | Leif Skov (A) | |||||
| 2009 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 66.0% | Arne Sigtenbjerggaard (V) | ||||||
| 2013 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 71.3% | |||||
| 2017 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 70.5% | Jens Ejner Christensen (V) | |||||
| 2021 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 67.1% | ||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021 | ||||||||||||||
Notable attractions
[edit | edit source]- Haraldskær Woman
- The Jelling Monument (UNESCO World Heritage site)
Sources
[edit | edit source]- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ BY2:Population 1. January by municipality The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
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External links
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- Municipality's official website
- Vejle municipal Atlas Archived 2005-03-07 at the Wayback Machine (In Danish)
- Vejle Byhistoriske Arkiv & Stadsarkiv (City Historical Archive) (In Danish, some English)
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