Horsens municipality

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Map of the future municipality

This article is about the municipality in Denmark. See Horsens for the article about the city in Denmark with the same name.

Horsens municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Vejle County on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality is the second largest in Vejle county after Kolding municipality. The municipality includes the island of Endelave, and covers an area of 189 km². It has a total population of 58,560 (2005). Its mayor is Jan Trøjborg, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.

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

Neighboring municipalities are Brædstrup and Gedved to the north, Tørring-Uldum to the west, and Juelsminde and Hedensted to the south. To the east is Horsens Fjord.

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

Endelave Parish
Hansted Parish
Hatting Parish
Kloster Parish
Lundum Parish
Nebel Parish
Sønderbro Parish
Tamdrup Parish
Torsted Parish
Tyrsted Parish
Uth Parish
Vær Parish

By January 1, 2007 Horsens municipality will, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), be merged with existing Brædstrup (except for Voerladegård Parish) and Gedved municipalities to form a new Horsens municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 542 km² and a total population of ca. 80,000.