Jelling municipality
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Municipalities of Denmark
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(Danish
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: kommune) in Vejle County
Vejle County
Vejle Amt is a former county on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in southern Denmark. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it was divided between Region Midtjylland and Region of Southern Denmark...
on the Jutland
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peninsula in south-west Denmark
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. The municipality covered an area of 89 km², and had a total population of 5,697 (2005). Its last mayor was Arne H. Sigtenbjerggaard, a member of the Venstre
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. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Jelling
Jelling
Jelling is a village in Denmark with a population of 3,248 , located in Jelling Parish approx. 10 km northwest of Vejle. The city lies 105 metres above sea level.-Location:...
.
The municipality was created in 1970 due to a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing parish
Parish
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es:
- Hvejsel Parish
- Jelling Parish
- Kollerup Parish
- Vindelev Parish
Jelling municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Børkop
Børkop municipality
Until 1 January 2007, Børkop municipality was a municipality in Vejle County on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in southeast Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 103 km², and had a total population of 11,478...
, Egtved
Egtved municipality
Until 1 January 2007, Egtved municipality was a municipality in Vejle County on the Jutland peninsula in southeast Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 325 km², and had a total population of 15,302 . Its last mayor was Sonny Berthold, a member of the Venstre political party...
, Give
Give municipality
Until January 1, 2007, Give municipality is a municipality in Vejle County on the Jutland peninsula in southeast Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 403 km², and had a total population of 14,090 . Its last mayor was Villy Dahl Johansen...
, and Vejle
Vejle municipality
Vejle Municipality is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in southeast Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,055 km², and has a total population of 106,383...
municipalities to form a new Vejle municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 1,055 km² and a total population of 82,935 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region of Southern Denmark.
Located in the former municipality are the runic gravestones— the Jelling stones
Jelling stones
The Jelling stones are massive carved runestones from the 10th century, found at the town of Jelling in Denmark. The older of the two Jelling stones was raised by King Gorm the Old in memory of his wife Thyra...
, the burial mounds, and church which became UNESCO World Heritage Site
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s in 1994.