Ikast municipality was a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in
Ringkøbing
Ringkøbing (older spelling ''Ringkjøbing'') is a town in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality in Central Denmark Region, Region Midtjylland on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. It has a population of 9,830 (1 January 2025).
on 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 west
Denmark
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. The municipality covered an area of 294.3 km2, and had a total population of 23,283 (2005). Its last mayor was Carsten Kissmeyer, 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
Ikast
Ikast is a Danish town in Central Denmark Region (''Region Midtjylland''). It is the seat of Ikast-Brande Municipality since 2007. It was the seat of the former Ikast Municipality.
Geography
The town is situated in the middle of Jutland. The ...
.
The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing
parish
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Brande
Brande is a railway town with a population of 7,394 (1 January 2025)Nørre-Snede municipalities to form the new
Ikast-Brande municipality
Ikast-Brande Municipality () is a municipality ( Danish: '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland in Denmark. It covers an area of 733.69 km2 and has a population
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. This created a municipality with an area of 768 km2 and a total population of 39,371 (2005). The new municipality belongs to
Region Midtjylland
The Central Denmark Region (), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid-Jutland, is an administrative Regions of Denmark, region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municip ...