Esbjerg Municipality () is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the

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peninsula in southwest

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. Its mayor is Jesper Frost Rasmussen, from the Venstre (Center-Right Party)

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. By 1 January 2007, the old Esbjerg municipality was, as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with the former

Bramming Bramming is a railway town in Esbjerg Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It is located at the Lunderskov-Esbjerg railway line and has a population of 7,111 (1 January 2022).

and Ribe and a small part of Helle municipalities to form the new Esbjerg municipality. This municipality has an area of 741 km² (286 sq. miles) and a total population of 114,244 (2008).

Overview

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

Esbjerg Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport town and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban population of 71,698 (1 January 2022) ...

, the fifth largest city in Denmark. Neighboring municipalities with land connection are

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to the south, Haderslev to the southeast,

Vejen Vejen with a population of 10,009 (1 January 2022) is the main town in Vejen Municipality, Denmark. Geography The town is situated in the Danish region of Syddanmark and is a railway town at the railway between the cities of Kolding and Esbje ...

to the east, and Varde to the north. The neighboring municipality to the west is Fanø, an island municipality located in Fanø Bay (''Fanø Bugt''). Beyond the island of Fanø and Fanø Bay is the

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Locations

Politics

Esbjerg's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has seven political committees.

Municipal council

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

Twin towns – sister cities

Esbjerg is twinned with: * Ely, England, United Kingdom * Eskilstuna, Sweden * Fjarðabyggð, Iceland * Güstrow, Germany * Jyväskylä, Finland * Krems an der Donau, Austria * Qeqqata, Greenland *

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, Germany *

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, Norway *

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, China *

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, Poland *

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References

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD
aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data) * Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map

External links

Esbjerg's official information portal

Esbjerg municipality's official website

The new Esbjerg municipality's official website (Danish only)

Esbjerg Tourism Bureau's website

AAU Esbjerg

{{Authority control Esbjerg Municipalities of the Region of Southern Denmark Municipalities of Denmark Populated places established in 2007