Herning Municipality
Herning Municipality
Herning Kommune | |
|---|---|
Municipalities of Denmark | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Region Midtjylland |
| Seat | Herning |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lars Krarup |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,322.87 km2 (510.76 sq mi) |
| Population (1 April 2014) | |
| • Total | 86,813 |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC2 (CEST) |
Herning Municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,322.87 km2 (510.76 sq mi) and has a population of 86,813 (1 April 2014). Its mayor is Lars Krarup, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the Town of Herning.
History
On January 1, 2007, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), Herning municipality was merged with former Aulum-Haderup, Trehøje, and Aaskov municipalities to form the new Herning municipality.
Locations
| Herning | 50,000 |
| Sunds | 4,200 |
| Vildbjerg | 4,000 |
| Aulum | 3,300 |
| Kibæk | 2,700 |
| Gullestrup | 1,900 |
| Sønder Felding | 1,400 |
| Sørvad | 1,100 |
The city of Herning
The city of Herning has a population of 44,437 (January 1, 2006). The town has grown rapidly in the 150 years: in 1840 the total population of the village of Herning was just 21.
Politics
Municipal council
Herning's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | F | K | O | V | Ø | ||||||
| 2005 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 31 | 73.7% | Lars Krarup (V) | |||
| 2009 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 71.1% | |||||
| 2013 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 75.3% | |||||
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 74.2% | ||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | |||||||||||||
Notable people from the Municipality
- Gudmund Hatt (1884 in Vildbjerg - 1960) a Danish archaeologist and cultural geographer
References
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
- Searchable/printable municipal map: Krak mapsearch (outline of municipality visible but doesn't print out)
External links
Media related to Herning Kommune at Wikimedia Commons- Herning municipality's official website (in Danish)
- Destination Herning tourism information
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