Ikast-Brande Municipality
Ikast-Brande | |
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 Town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Denmark | |
| Coordinates: 56°08′27″N 9°09′06″E / 56.1408°N 9.1517°ECoordinates: 56°08′27″N 9°09′06″E / 56.1408°N 9.1517°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Central Denmark |
| Established | 2007 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ib Boye Lauritsen |
| Area | |
| • Total | 736.41 km2 (284.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 40,798 |
| • Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
Ikast-Brande is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland in Denmark. It covers an area of 733.69 km2 and has a population of 40,620 (1 April 2014).
On 1 January 2007 Ikast-Brande municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Brande, Ikast, and Nørre-Snede.
Locations[]
| Ikast | 16,000 |
| Brande | 7,400 |
| 2,400 | |
| 2,000 | |
| Nørre Snede | 1,800 |
| 1,600 |
Politics[]
Municipal council[]
Ikast-Brande's municipal council consists of 23 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | C | F | K | L | O | V | |||||||
| 2005 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 73.9% | Carsten Kissmeyer (V) | ||||
| 2009 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 71.4% | |||||
| 2013 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 75.3% | ||||||
| 2017 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 72.5% | Ib Lauritsen (V) | ||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | |||||||||||||
References[]
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD a.k.a. Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
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- Ikast-Brande municipality's official website (in Danish)
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