Egtved municipality

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Egtved municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Vejle County on the Jutland peninsula in southeast Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 325 km², and has a total population of 15,302 (2005). Its mayor is Sonny Berthold, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Egtved. Other towns in the municipality include Ågård and Ødsted.

Neighboring municipalities are Børkop, Vejle and Jelling to the east, Give to the north, Billund to the west, and Vejen, Lunderskov and Kolding to the south.

The municipality was created in 1970 due to a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing parishes:

Bredsten Parish
Egtved Parish
Jerlev Parish
Nørup Parish
Randbøl Parish
Vester NebelParish
Ødsted Parish
Øster Starup Parish

By January 1, 2007 Egtved municipality will cease to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It will be merged with Børkop, Give, Jelling, and Vejle municipalities to form a new Vejle municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 1,055 km² and a total population of 82,935 (2005). The new municipality will belong to the new Region Syddanmark ("South Denmark Region").