Hedensted Municipality

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Hedensted Municipality
Hedensted Kommune (Danish)
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Location in Denmark
Coordinates: 55°46′14″N9°41′58″E / 55.7705°N 9.6994°E / 55.7705; 9.6994
Country Denmark
Region Central Denmark
Established1 January 2007
Government
  MayorOle Vind
Area
  Total551.36 km2 (212.88 sq mi)
Population
 (1. January 2024) [1]
  Total47,725
  Density87/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
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Hedensted Municipality (Danish : Hedensted Kommnue) is a municipality (Danish, kommune ) in Region Midtjylland formed out of three former municipalities, one of which with the same name, 1 January 2007 on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. Its seat and main town is Hedensted.

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Overview

The coastal town municipality south of Aarhus, and sandwiched in between Horsens and Vejle, and bordering Ikast-Brande Municipality to the northwest, covers an area of 551.36 km2 and has a total population of 47,725 (1. January 2024). The main town and the site of its municipal council is the inland town of Hedensted. Its mayor from 1 January 2022 is Ole Vind, a member of the centre-right Venstre party.

On 1 January 2007, as a result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), the former Juelsminde municipality and most of Tørring-Uldum municipality, where one parish, Grejs, in a local referendum 19 April 2005 chose to become a part of Vejle Municipality, was merged with the former Hedensted municipality that existed from 1970 until 2006.

The municipality is part of Business Region Aarhus and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016. [2] [3]

Locations

Hedensted 13,000
Juelsminde 4,000
Tørring 3,000
Hornsyld 1,600
Lindved 1,400
Uldum 1,400
Øster Snede 1,200
Rask Mølle1,100
Daugård

1,100

Politics

Municipal council

Hedensted's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

ElectionPartyTotal
seats
TurnoutElected
mayor
A C D F I K L O V
2005 111112112775.1%Jørn Juel Nielsen (A)
2009 812131271.1%Kirsten Terkilsen (V)
2013 81141376.1%
2017 811141275.1%Kasper Glyngø (A)
2021 9211221070.0%Ole Vind (V)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021

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  3. "Tal og statistik" [Figures and Statistics] (in Danish). Byregion Østjylland. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

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