Vejle Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Denmark

This is a list of Municipalities of Denmark.-Region Hovedstaden:* Albertslund Municipality* Allerød Municipality* Ballerup Municipality* Bornholm Regional Municipality* Brøndby Municipality* Copenhagen Municipality* Dragør Municipality* Egedal Municipality...

 (Danish

Danish language

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, kommune) in Region of Southern Denmark 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 southeast Denmark

Denmark

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. The municipality covers an area of 1,055 km², and has a total population of 106,383 (2010). Its mayor is Arne Sigtenbjerggaard, a member of the liberal

Liberalism

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 party

Politics of Denmark

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 Venstre

Venstre (Denmark)

VenstreThe party name is officially not translated into any other language, but is in English often referred to as the Liberal Party. Similar rules apply for the name of the party's youth wing Venstres Ungdom. , full name Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti , is the largest political party in Denmark...

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The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Vejle

Vejle

Vejle is a town in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle and Grejs Rivers and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality and the Region of Southern Denmark...

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On 1 January 2007 Vejle Municipality

Vejle Municipality (1970-2006)

The old Vejle Municipality existed from 1970-2006.The municipality covered an area of 144 km², and had a total population of 56,104 .In 2007 it was merged with other municipalites to form the new Vejle Municipality....

 was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), 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 Jelling

Jelling municipality

Until 1 January 2007 Jelling municipality was a municipality in Vejle County on the Jutland peninsula in south-west Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 89 km², and had a total population of 5,697 . Its last mayor was Arne H. Sigtenbjerggaard, a member of the Venstre political party...

 municipalities to form an enlarged Vejle Municipality.

Notable elements

• Haraldskær Woman
  Haraldskær Woman
  The Haraldskær Woman is an Iron Age bog body found naturally preserved in a bog in Jutland, Denmark. Labourers discovered the body in 1835 while excavating peat on the Haraldskær Estate...
  
  
• The Jelling Monument
  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...
  
  (UNESCO World Heritage site)

External links

• Municipality's official website
• Vejle municipal Atlas (In Danish)
• Vejle Byhistoriske Arkiv & Stadsarkiv (City Historical Archive) (In Danish, some English)