Give municipality

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Give municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Vejle County on the Jutland peninsula in southeast Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 403 km², and has a total population of 14,090 (2005). Its mayor is Villy Dahl Johansen.

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

Neighboring municipalities are Jelling and Tørring-Uldum to the east, Nørre-Snede and Brande to the north, Grindsted and Billund to the west, and Egtved to the south.

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

Gadbjerg Parish
Give Parish
Givskud Parish
Lindeballe Parish
Ringive Parish
Thyregod Parish
Vester Parish
Øster Nykirke Parish
Give Birk Parish
Enkelund Birk Parish

By January 1, 2007 Give municipality will cease to exist, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It will be merged with Børkop, Egtved, 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").