Until 1 January 2007, Børkop municipality was a municipality (
Danish, ''
kommune'') in
Vejle County on the east 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 southeast
Denmark
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. The municipality covered an area of 103 km
2, and had a total population of 11,478 (2005). Its last mayor was Leif Skov, a member of the
Social Democrats
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(''Socialdemokraterne'')
political party
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.
The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of
Børkop, which is located approximately halfway between the cities of
Vejle and
Fredericia
Fredericia () is a town located in Fredericia Municipality in the southeastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region Denmark, Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Vej ...
.
The municipality was created in 1970 due to a ("Municipality Reform") that combined the following
parish
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es: Gauerslund, Gårslev, Skærup, and Smidstrup parishes.
Børkop municipality ceased to exist as the result of
''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with
Egtved,
Give,
Jelling
Jelling is a railway town in Denmark with a population of 4,038 (1 January 2025), located in Jelling Parish, approximately 10 km northwest of Vejle. The town lies 105 metres above sea level.
Location
Jelling is located in Vejle municipality ...
, and
Vejle municipalities to form a new Vejle municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 1,055 km
2 and a total population of 82,935 (2005). The new municipality belongs to
Region of Southern Denmark
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.
References
* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
External links
Vejle municipality's official website
Børkop municipality's official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Borkop Municipality
Former municipalities of Denmark