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Herning Municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,322.87 km² (510.76 sq mi) and has a population of 89,230 (1 January 2022). Its mayor is Dorte West, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.

Herning Municipality Herning Kommune
Municipalities of Denmark
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°08′00″N 8°59′00″E
Country	Denmark
Region	Central Denmark
Seat	Herning
Government
• Mayor	Dorte West
Area
• Total	1,322.87 km2 (510.76 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2022)
• Total	89,230
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC2 (CEST)
Website	www.herning.dk

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the Town of Herning.

History

On January 1, 2007, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), Herning municipality was merged with former Aulum-Haderup, Trehøje, and Aaskov municipalities to form the new Herning municipality.

Locations

Herning	50,531
Sunds	4,235
Vildbjerg	4,017
Aulum	3,273
Kibæk	2,699
Gullestrup	2,008
Sønder Felding	1,436
Sørvad	1,117

The city of Herning

The city of Herning has a population of 50,531 (1 January 2022). The town has grown rapidly in the 150 years: in 1840 the total population of the village of Herning was just 21.

Politics

Municipal council

Herning's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Election	Party									Total seats	Turnout	Elected mayor
	A	B	C	F	H	K	O	V	Ø
2005	5	2	1	1		2	1	19		31	73.7%	Lars Krarup (V)
2009	4	1	1	3		1	1	20			71.1%
2013	4	2		1		1	3	19	1		75.3%
2017	5	1	2	1		1	1	19	1		74.2%
2021	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	17			68.8%	Dorte West (V)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021

Notable people

• Gudmund Hatt (1884–1960), archaeologist and cultural geographer

Twin towns – sister cities

Herning is twinned with:[1]

References

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
• Searchable/printable municipal map: Krak mapsearch (outline of municipality visible but doesn't print out)

External links

• Herning municipality's official website (in Danish)
• Destination Herning tourism information

На других языках

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[de] Herning Kommune

Herning Kommune ist eine Kommune in Jütland, Dänemark. Sie entstand am 1. Januar 2007 im Zuge der Kommunalreform durch Vereinigung der „alten“ Herning Kommune mit den bisherigen Kommunen Aulum-Haderup, Trehøje und Aaskov im Ringkjøbing Amt.

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- [en] Herning Municipality

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[ru] Хернинг (коммуна)

Хернинг (дат. Herning Kommune) — датская коммуна в составе области Центральная Ютландия. Площадь — 1323,5 км², что составляет 3,07 % от площади Дании без Гренландии и Фарерских островов. Численность населения на 1 января 2008 года — 84208 чел. (мужчины — 42276, женщины — 41932; иностранные граждане — 3559). Административным центром является город Хернинг.

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