Ribe Municipality is a former municipality in

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.Bencard. 1978 It was located 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 and belonged to

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 ...

. It was abolished effective 1 January 2007. The municipal seat was located in the town of

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 ...

. The municipality covered an area of 352 km², with a total population of 18,147 (2005). It also included the island of Manø but not nearby

Fanø Fanø () is a Danish island in the North Sea off the coast of southwestern Denmark, and is the very northernmost of the Danish Wadden Sea Islands. Fanø Municipality () is the '' kommune'' that covers the island and its seat is the town of Nor ...

. Its last mayor was Preben Rudiengaard, representing the liberal

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, '' Venstre''.

Geography

Neighboring municipalities were

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and Rødding to the east,

Holsted Holsted is a railway town in Vejen Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It is situated at the stream of Holsted Å, 8 km west of Brørup. Holsted was the seat of Holsted Municipality until 1 January 2007. Holsted consist of two ...

, Bramming to the north, and Skærbæk to the south. Its western border was defined by the waters of the

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. The island of Mandø, located in the North Sea, is connected to the rest of the municipality by a road. Mandø is surrounded by the waters of Knude Deep (''Knudedyb'') and Juvre Deep (''Juvre Dyb''), respectively to the north and south of the island.

Merger

On 1 January 2007, Ribe Municipality merged with

Bramming Municipality Until 1 January 2007 Bramming Municipality was a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in Ribe County on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 170 km2, and had a total population of 13, ...

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 ...

Municipality, forming a new Esbjerg Municipality. This was a result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). The new Esbjerg Municipality has an area of 741 km² and a total population of 114,097 (2005) It belongs to

Region of Southern Denmark The Region of Southern Denmark (, ; , ; ) is an administrative region of Denmark established on Monday 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which abolished the traditional counties ("amter") and set up five larger regions ...

Line notes

References

* M. Bencard. 1978. ''Ribe over the last 1000 years'' * Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map

External links

Official tourism website

The new Esbjerg municipality's official website (Danish only)
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