Herning Municipality
Herning Municipality
Herning Kommune | |
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Municipalities of Denmark | |
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| Coordinates: 56°08′00″N 8°59′00″E / 56.133333333333°N 8.9833333333333°ECoordinates: 56°08′00″N 8°59′00″E / 56.133333333333°N 8.9833333333333°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Central Denmark |
| Seat | Herning |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lars Krarup |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,322.87 km2 (510.76 sq mi) |
| Population (1 April 2014) | |
| • Total | 86,813 |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
Herning Municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,322.87 km2 (510.76 sq mi) and has a population of 86,813 (1 April 2014). Its mayor is Lars Krarup, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the Town of Herning.
History[]
On January 1, 2007, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), Herning municipality was merged with former Aulum-Haderup, Trehøje, and Aaskov municipalities to form the new Herning municipality.
Locations[]
| Herning | 50,000 |
| 4,200 | |
| Vildbjerg | 4,000 |
| Aulum | 3,300 |
| Kibæk | 2,700 |
| 1,900 | |
| 1,400 | |
| 1,100 |
The city of Herning[]
The city of Herning has a population of 44,437 (January 1, 2006). The town has grown rapidly in the 150 years: in 1840 the total population of the village of Herning was just 21.
Politics[]
Municipal council[]
Herning's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
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| A | B | C | F | K | O | V | Ø | ||||||
| 2005 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 31 | 73.7% | Lars Krarup (V) | |||
| 2009 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 71.1% | |||||
| 2013 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 75.3% | |||||
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 74.2% | ||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | |||||||||||||
Notable people[]
- Gudmund Hatt (1884–1960), archaeologist and cultural geographer
Twin towns – sister cities[]
Arsuk, Greenland
Countryside, Åland Islands, Finland
Eiði, Faroe Islands
Holmestrand, Norway
Husby, Germany
Kangasala, Finland
Siglufjörður, Iceland
Vänersborg, Sweden
References[]
- ^ "Venskabskontakter i Norden". norden-herning.dk (in Danish). Norden Herning. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
- Searchable/printable municipal map: Krak mapsearch (outline of municipality visible but doesn't print out)
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