Skjern Municipality is a former municipality (
Danish, ''
kommune'') in
Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality
Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality () is the largest municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Denmark. It was formed on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 administrative reform from the former municipalities of Egvad, Holmsland, Ringkøbing, Skjer ...
in
Region Midtjylland
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near 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 west
Denmark
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. The former Skjern municipality covered an area of 327 km
2, and had a total population of 13,107 (2005).
The city has a population of 7,563 inhabitants.
The main town was
Skjern.
Skjern municipality was created in 1970 due to a ("Municipality Reform") that combined the following, existing
parish
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es:
* Bølling Parish
* Dejbjerg Parish
* Faster Parish
* Fjelstervang Parish
* Hanning Parish
* Skjern Parish
* Stavning Parish
* Sædding Parish
* Sønder Borris Parish
On 1 January 2007 Skjern Municipality ceased to exist due to
''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing
Egvad,
Holmsland,
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). , and
Videbæk
Videbæk is a town, with a population of 4,351 (1 January 2025),[Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality
Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality () is the largest municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Denmark. It was formed on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 administrative reform from the former municipalities of Egvad, Holmsland, Ringkøbing, Skjer ...](_blank)
. This created a municipality with an area of 1,485 km
2 and a total population of 57,818 (2005).
External links
The municipality's official cooperation and tourism information website
References
* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta delivered fro
KMDaka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map* City population : Danmarks Statisti
Former municipalities of Denmark
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