Hedensted Kommune is a

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(

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, '' kommune'') in

Region Midtjylland The Central Denmark Region ( da, Region Midtjylland), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid Jutland, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish muni ...

formed out of three former municipalities, one of which with the same name, 1 January 2007 on the

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peninsula in central

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. Its seat and main town is

Hedensted Hedensted is a Danish town in Region Midtjylland and the seat of Hedensted Municipality. Its population, including its northern neighbouring town Løsning, is 12,220.

Overview

The coastal town municipality south of Aarhus, and sandwiched in between

Horsens Horsens () is a city on the east coast of Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 61,074 (1 January 2022) and the municipality's population is 94,443 (), making it the 8th largest city in De ...

and

Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality ('' kommune'') and th ...

, and bordering Ikast-Brande Municipality to the northwest, covers an area of 551.36 km² and has a total population of 46,747 (1 January 2019). The main town and the site of its municipal council is the inland town of

Hedensted Hedensted is a Danish town in Region Midtjylland and the seat of Hedensted Municipality. Its population, including its northern neighbouring town Løsning, is 12,220.

. Its mayor from 1 January 2018 is Kasper Glyngø, a member of the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...

. The first deputy mayor is Hans Kristian Skibby from the

Danish People's Party The Danish People's Party ( da, Dansk Folkeparti, DPP/DF) is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Denmark. It was formed in 1995 by former members of the Progress Party (FrP). The DPP lent its support to the Venstre– C ...

. 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

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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 East Jutland metropolitan area ( da, Byregion Østjylland) is a potential metropolitan area in Jutland and Funen, Denmark. Aarhus is the most populated city in the region. The National Planning Report of 2006, published by the Danish Enviro ...

and of the

East Jutland metropolitan area East Jutland metropolitan area ( da, Byregion Østjylland) is a potential metropolitan area in Jutland and Funen, Denmark. Aarhus is the most populated city in the region. The National Planning Report of 2006, published by the Danish Environme ...

, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.

Locations

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.

References

Sources

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map

External links

* Municipalities of the Central Denmark Region Municipalities of Denmark Populated places established in 2007 {{CentralDK-stub