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Vejen Municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in 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 42,742 (2020). Its mayor is Egon Fræhr, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.
Vejen | |
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Municipality | |
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 Location in Denmark | |
| Coordinates: 55°29′00″N 9°09′00″E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Southern Denmark |
| Established | 1 January 2007 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Frank Schmidt-Hansen |
| Area | |
| • Total | 817 km2 (315 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 42,869 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | vejen |
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.[1][2]
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.[3]
History
On January 1, 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
| 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
Vejen's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has seven political committees.[4]
Municipal council
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | C | F | I | 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% | |||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | |||||||||||||
References
- "Vi er landets mest ambitiøse business region" [We are the country's most ambitious business region] (in Danish). trekantomraadet.dk. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- "Tal og statistik" [Figures and Statistics] (in Danish). Byregion Østjylland. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- "Vejen Kunstmuseum". Den Store Danske (in Danish). Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- Byråd og udvalg
Sources
- 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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На других языках
[de] Vejen Kommune
Vejen Kommune ist eine dänische Kommune in Jütland. Sie entstand am 1. Januar 2007 im Zuge der Kommunalreform durch Vereinigung der „alten“ Vejen Kommune mit der bisherigen Kommune Rødding im Sønderjyllands Amt sowie den Kommunen Brørup und Holsted im Ribe Amt.- [en] Vejen Municipality
[ru] Вайен (коммуна)
Вайен (дат. Vejen Kommune) — датская коммуна в составе области Южная Дания. Площадь — 814,36 км², что составляет 1,89 % от площади Дании без Гренландии и Фарерских островов. Численность населения на 1 января 2008 года — 42447 чел. (мужчины — 21518, женщины — 20929; иностранные граждане — 1486).Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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