Ribe Municipality is a former municipality in

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.Bencard. 1978 It was located on the west coast of the

Jutland 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 ...

peninsula and 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 ...

. It was abolished effective 1 January 2007. The municipal seat was located in the town of

Ribe Ribe () is a town in south-west Jutland, Denmark, with a population of 8,257 (2022). It is the seat of the Diocese of Ribe covering southwestern Jutland. Until 1 January 2007, Ribe was the seat of both a surrounding Ribe Municipality, municipali ...

. The municipality covered an area of 352 km², with a total population of 18,147 (2005). It also included the island of Manø but not nearby

Fanø Fanø () is a Danish island in the North Sea off the coast of southwestern Denmark, and is the very northernmost of the Danish Wadden Sea Islands. Fanø municipality is the municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') that covers the island and its seat ...

. Its last mayor was Preben Rudiengaard, representing the liberal

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 ...

, '' Venstre''.

Geography

Neighboring municipalities were

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and

Rødding Rødding (german: Rödding) is a town with a population of 2,712 (1 January 2022) in Southern Denmark. It is located in Vejen municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula. History The area around Rødding was first inha ...

to the east,

Holsted Holsted is a railway town located in the Vejen Municipality, in the Region of Southern Denmark. It was previously the seat of the Holsted Municipality. Transport Holsted is served by Holsted station, located on the Lunderskov-Esbjerg railway ...

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

to the north, and Skærbæk to the south. Its western border was defined by the waters of the

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. The island of

Mandø Mandø () is one of the Danish Wadden Sea islands off the southwest coast of Jutland, Denmark in the Wadden Sea, part of the North Sea. The island covers an area of and had 40 inhabitants in January 2018. The island is part of Esbjerg Municipa ...

, located in the North Sea, is connected to the rest of the municipality by a road. Mandø is surrounded by the waters of Knude Deep (''Knudedyb'') and Juvre Deep (''Juvre Dyb''), respectively to the north and south of the island.

Merger

On 1 January 2007, Ribe Municipality merged with

Bramming Municipality Until 1 January 2007 Bramming Municipality was a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in Ribe County on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 170 km², and had a total population of 13 ...

and

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)

Municipality, forming a new Esbjerg Municipality. This was a result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). The new Esbjerg Municipality has an area of 741 km² and a total population of 114,097 (2005) It belongs to

Region of Southern Denmark The Region of Southern Denmark ( da, Region Syddanmark, ; german: Region Süddänemark, ; frr, Regiuun Syddanmark) is an administrative Regions of Denmark, region of Denmark established on Monday 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Munici ...

Line notes

References

* M. Bencard. 1978. ''Ribe over the last 1000 years'' * Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map

External links

Official tourism website

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