Until 1 January 2007 Bramming Municipality was a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in
Ribe County
Ribe County () is a former county ( Danish: '' amt'') 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 Den ...
on the west coast of the
Jutland
Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...
peninsula in southwest Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 170 km2, and had a total population of 13,638 (2005). Its last mayor was Karl Kristian Knudtzen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party)
political party
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. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of
Bramming
Bramming is a railway town, with a population of 7,315 (1 January 2025),Municipal Reform of 2007 (''Kommunalreformen''). It was merged with the former
Ribe
Ribe () is a town in south-west Jutland, Denmark, with a population of 8,367 (2025). It is the seat of the Diocese of Ribe. Until 1 January 2007, Ribe was the seat of both a surrounding municipality and county. It is now part of the enlarged E ...
and
Esbjerg
Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport city and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban area, urban population of 71,554 (1 January ...
municipalities to form the new
Esbjerg Municipality
Esbjerg Municipality (, ) is a '' kommune'' in the Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Jesper Frost Rasmussen, from the Venstre (Center-Right Party) political party. By 1 January ...
. This created a municipality with an area of 741 km2 and a total population of 114,097 (2005). The new municipality belongs to the
Region of Southern Denmark
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(''Region Syddanmark'').
Notable people
* John Lauridsen (born 1959) a retired Danish professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, played 27 times for Denmark. After his football career he settled in Bramming
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Anders Dreyer
Anders Laustrup Dreyer (; born 2 May 1998) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Major League Soccer club San Diego FC and the Denmark national team.
Dreyer previously played for Esbjerg fB, Brighton & Hove Albion, ...
(born 1998) professional footballer for St Mirren.