Helle Municipality

Last updated April 06, 2019

Until 1 January 2007 Helle municipality was a municipality (Danish, kommune ) in Ribe County on the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. It covered an area of 281 km² and had a total population of 8,319 (2005). Its last mayor was Gylling Haahr, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The main town and site of its municipal council was the town of Årre.

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in Denmark and in the region of Southern Schleswig in northern Germany, where it has minority language status. Also, minor Danish-speaking communities are found in Norway, Sweden, Spain, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. Due to immigration and language shift in urban areas, around 15–20% of the population of Greenland speak Danish as their first language.

Ribe Amt is a former county on the Jutland peninsula of southwest Denmark. It included Denmark's fifth largest city, Esbjerg. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region of Southern Denmark.

Jutland, also known as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula, is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany. The names are derived from the Jutes and the Cimbri, respectively.

Helle municipality ceased to exist due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing Blaabjerg, Blåvandshuk, Varde, and Ølgod municipalities to form a new Varde Municipality in Region of Southern Denmark.

Until January 1, 2007, Blaabjerg was a municipality in Ribe County on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 254 km², and had a total population of 6,509 (2005). Its latest mayor was Preben Olesen. The site of its municipal council was the town of Nørre Nebel.

Blåvandshuk is a headland on the North Sea coast of Jutland northwest of Esbjerg, and is the westernmost point of metropolitan Denmark. The Blåvand Lighthouse is the westernmost located building in Denmark.

Varde is a Danish city in southwestern Jutland and is the primary city in the municipality of Varde, in Region of Southern Denmark. In 2015 municipality changed its motto to "We in nature" to emphasize its rural atmosphere. The town has an old market environment and is located by Varde stream/river and is a short distance away from the beaches by the North Sea. These features make it a tourist destination. The age of Varde is not known precisely, but it is mentioned in written sources from 1107 A.D. and is therefore thought have been founded sometime in the early Middle Ages.

External links

Varde municipality's official website (Danish only)

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References

Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map

Coordinates: 55°34′22″N8°39′48″E / 55.57278°N 8.66333°E / 55.57278; 8.66333

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