Billund is a municipality in the centre of the

Jutland Peninsula Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...

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. Formerly the municipality belonged to

Ribe County Ribe Amt () is a former county (Danish: ''amt'') on the Jutland peninsula of southwest Denmark. It included Denmark's fifth largest city, Esbjerg. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region of Southern Denmark ...

. The new, merged municipality covers an area of 540.18 km², and has a total population of 26,172 (2010). Its mayor is Ib Kristensen, a member of Venstre (Liberal Party)

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

. The site of its municipal council is the town of

Grindsted Grindsted, with a population of 9,750 (1 January 2022),BY3: ...

, which is the largest town in the municipality followed by the city of Billund. On 1 January 2007, as a result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), the old Billund municipality was combined with the former

Grindsted Municipality Until 1 January 2007, Grindsted municipality was a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Ribe County on the Jutland Peninsula in south-west Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 382 km², and had a total population of 17,379 (2005). Its la ...

and the part of

Billund Airport Billund Airport ( da, Billund Lufthavn) is an airport in Denmark. Located northeast of Billund, Denmark, Billund, it serves as one of the country's busiest Cargo airline, air cargo centres, as well as a charter airline destination. Most major ...

that was located in

Give Municipality Until 1 January 2007 Give municipality was a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') 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 (2005). Its la ...

. The municipality is part of the Triangle Region and of the

East Jutland metropolitan area East Jutland metropolitan area ( da, Byregion Østjylland) is a potential metropolitan area in Jutland and Funen, Denmark. Aarhus is the most populated city in the region. The National Planning Report of 2006, published by the Danish Environme ...

, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.

Locations

Politics

Billund's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has six political committees.

Municipal council

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Economy

LEGO Group Lego A/S (trade name: The Lego Group) is a Danish toy production company based in Billund, Denmark. It manufactures Lego-brand toys, consisting mostly of interlocking plastic bricks. The Lego Group has also built several amusement parks aro ...

and

Sun Air of Scandinavia SUN-AIR of Scandinavia A/S, usually shortened to SUN-AIR, is a Danish regional airline headquartered in Billund, with its main base at Billund Airport. It operates scheduled services as a franchise of British Airways using their name and corpor ...

have their head offices in Billund, Billund Municipality. The first

Legoland Legoland (, trademark in uppercase as LEGOLAND) is a chain of family theme parks focusing on the construction toy system Lego. They are not fully owned by The Lego Group itself; rather, they are owned and operated by the British theme park com ...

has operated here since 1968.

Twin towns – sister cities

Billund is twinned with: *

Hohenwestedt Hohenwestedt (Low Saxon: Wiste') is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 23 km south of Rendsburg, 25 km west of Neumünster and 40 km southwest of K ...

, Germany

References

Sources

* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map

Billund and western Denmark
* Nuha Ansari, John D. Rambow, ''Denmark: The Guide for All Budgets'', Rambow, 2002, Fodor's Denmark, 224 pages
Hogan, C.Michael, ''Egtved Girl Barrow'', The Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham 4 October, 2007

External links

Official website

VisitBillund - Official Touristguide - The perfect starting point for a good stay

Lego braces for big changes
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Satellite image from Google Maps

Trekantomraadet - Association formed by the six municipalities in the area: Billund, Fredericia, Kolding, Middelfart, Vejen and Vejle

Region of Southern Denmark's official website
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