Danish
Danish may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
People
* A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark
* Culture of Denmark
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Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality
Ringkøbing-Skjern municipality 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, an ...
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Region Midtjylland
The Central Denmark Region ( da, Region Midtjylland), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid Jutland, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish muni ...
near the west coast of the
Jutland
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peninsula in west
Denmark
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. The former Skjern municipality covered an area of 327 km2, and had a total population of 13,107 (2005).
The city has a population of 7,563 inhabitants.
The main town was Skjern.
Skjern municipality was created in 1970 due to a ("Municipality Reform") that combined the following, existing
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...
es:
* Bølling Parish
* Dejbjerg Parish
* Faster Parish
* Fjelstervang Parish
* Hanning Parish
* Skjern Parish
* Stavning Parish
* Sædding Parish
* Sønder Borris Parish
On 1 January 2007 Skjern Municipality ceased to exist due to ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing Egvad,
Holmsland
Until January 1, 2007 Holmsland was a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Ringkjøbing County on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 95 km2 on a narrow strip of land, Holmsland Dun ...
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Ringkøbing
Ringkøbing (older spelling ''Ringkjøbing'') is a town in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality in Region Midtjylland on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. It has a population of 9,894 (1 January 2022).Videbæk municipalities to form the new
Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality
Ringkøbing-Skjern municipality 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, an ...
. This created a municipality with an area of 1,485 km2 and a total population of 57,818 (2005).