Brande municipality
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Until January 1, 2007, Brande municipality was a municipality (Danish
, kommune) in Ringkøbing
on the Jutland
peninsula in west Denmark
. The municipality covered an area of 188 km², and had a total population of 8,822 (2005). Its last mayor was Preben Christensen. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Brande
.
The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that Blåhøj and Brande parish
es.
Brande municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was be merged with Ikast
and Nørre-Snede
municipalities to form the new Ikast-Brande municipality
. This created a municipality with an area of 768 km² and a total population of 39,371 (2005). The new municipality belongs to the Region Midtjylland
("Mid-Jutland Region").
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
, kommune) in Ringkøbing
Ringkjøbing County
Ringkjøbing Amt is a former county on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. It had the lowest population density of all the Danish counties. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Midtjylland Ringkjøbing Amt (English, Ringkjøbing County) is a former...
on the Jutland
Jutland
Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...
peninsula in west Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. The municipality covered an area of 188 km², and had a total population of 8,822 (2005). Its last mayor was Preben Christensen. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Brande
Brande
Brande is a railway town with a population of 6,959 located at the railroad between Vejle and Herning in Ikast-Brande municipality in Region Midtjylland in the central area of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark....
.
The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that Blåhøj and Brande parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
es.
Brande municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was be merged with Ikast
Ikast municipality
Until January 1, 2007 Ikast municipality was a municipality in Ringkøbing on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 294.3 km², and had a total population of 23,283 . Its last mayor was Carsten Kissmeyer, a member of the Venstre political party...
and Nørre-Snede
Nørre-Snede municipality
Until 1 January 2007 Nørre-Snede was a municipality in the former Vejle County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 254 km², and had a total population of 7,266 . Its last mayor was Uffe Henneberg, a member of the Venstre political party...
municipalities to form the new Ikast-Brande municipality
Ikast-Brande municipality
Ikast-Brande is a municipality in Region Midtjylland in Denmark. It covers an area of 768 km² and a total population of 39,893 ....
. This created a municipality with an area of 768 km² and a total population of 39,371 (2005). The new municipality belongs to the Region Midtjylland
Region Midtjylland
Central Denmark Region or Central Jutland Region is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities were merged into larger...
("Mid-Jutland Region").