Vejle municipality
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Vejle municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Vejle County on the Jutland peninsula in southeast Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 144 km², and has a total population of 56,104 (2005). Its mayor is Flemming Christensen, a member of the Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) political party.
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Vejle.
Neighboring municipalities are Hedensted to the northeast, Tørring-Uldum to the north, Jelling to the northwest, Egtved to the west, and Børkop to the southwest.
By January 1, 2007 Vejle municipality will, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), be merged with Børkop, Egtved, Give and Jelling municipalities to form a new Vejle municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 1,055 km² and a total population of 103,027 (2007). The new municipality will belong to the new Region Syddanmark ("South Denmark Region").
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[edit] Municipal population
- 1980 - 49,471
- 1985 - 49,823
- 1990 - 51,263
- 1995 - 52,836
- 1999 - 54,087
- 2000 - 54,136
- 2003 - 55,553
- 2004 - 55,750
- 2007 - 103,027
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[edit] External links
- Municipality's official website
- The new Vejle municipality's official website (Danish only)
- Vejle municipal Atlas (In Danish)
- Vejle Byhistoriske Arkiv & Stadsarkiv (City Historical Archive) (In Danish, some English)
[edit] References
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
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