Ikast-Brande Municipality

Location of Ikast-Brande municipality

Ikast-Brande is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland in Denmark. It covers an area of 733.69 km² and has a population of 40,620 (1 April 2014).

On 1 January 2007 Ikast-Brande municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Brande, Ikast, and Nørre-Snede.

Locations

Ikast	16,000
Brande	7,400
Bording	2,400

Engesvang	2,000
Nørre Snede	1,800
Ejstrupholm	1,600

Politics

Municipal council

Ikast-Brande's municipal council consists of 23 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	C	F	K	Fælleslisten	O	V
2005	6	2		1	8	2	8	27	73.9%	Carsten Kissmeyer (V)
2009	5	2	1		8	2	7	25	71.4%
2013	6	1			5	2	9	23	75.3%
2017	6	3			2	3	9		72.5%	Ib Lauritsen (V)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

External links

• Ikast-Brande municipality's official website (in Danish)

References

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD a.k.a. Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map