Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality (Danish: Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune) is the largest municipality (Danish, kommune) in Denmark. It was formed on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 administrative reform from the former municipalities of Egvad, Holmsland, Ringkøbing, Skjern, and Videbæk. New figures concerning Regions and Municipalities of Denmark published by the Ministry of Economics, "Municipal Key Figures" (Danish: "De Kommunale Nøgletal" (www.noegletal.dk)), state that the new municipality from 2011 had a total area, including some water, of 1,494.56 square kilometres (577.05 sq mi), the largest municipality in Denmark by area. The total population was 56,218 (1. January 2024)[1] with a population density of 38 per square km. It is part of Region Midtjylland ("Region Central Jutland"), also known as the Central Denmark Region. The Mayor of the Municipality since 2018 is Hans Østergaard (Venstre).
Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality
Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune (Danish) | |
|---|---|
 Ringkøbing | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Denmark | |
| Coordinates: 56°00′36″N 8°23′48″E / 56.01°N 8.3967°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Central Jutland |
| Established | 1 January 2007 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hans Østergaard |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,485 km2 (573 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2024)[1] | |
• Total | 56,218 |
| • Density | 38/km2 (98/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
The Church of Denmark has 46 parishes in the municipality.
Locations
edit| Ringkøbing | 9,900 |
| Skjern | 7,800 |
| Videbæk | 4,300 |
| Tarm | 4,000 |
| Hvide Sande | 2,900 |
| Spjald | 1,300 |
| Lem | 1,300 |
| Vorgod-Barde | 1,000 |
| Tim | 880 |
Politics
editMunicipal council
editRingkøbing-Skjern's municipal council consists of 29 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 | D | F | J | K | O | V | ||||||
| 2005 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 29 | 74.3% | Torben Nørregaard (V) | ||||
| 2009 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 70.3% | Iver Enevoldsen (V) | |||||
| 2013 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 76.0% | ||||||
| 2017 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 74.8% | Hans Østergaard (V) | |||||
| 2021 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 70.1% | |||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021 | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
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