Vejen Municipality is a municipality (

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, '' kommune'') in

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 ...

on 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 in south

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. The municipality covers an area of 817 km², and has a total population of 42,742 (2020). Its mayor is Egon Fræhr, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party)

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. The municipality is part of 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. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of

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 Esbjerg. ...

. One of the attractions of the area is the

Vejen Art Museum Vejen Art Museum ( da, Vejen Kunstmuseum) is an art gallery in Vejen Municipality in the south of Jutland, Denmark. It specializes in works from the end of the 19th century in styles including Symbolism and Art Nouveau. Created in 1924 to hou ...

History

On January 1, 2007, Vejen municipality was, as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with

Brørup Brørup is a railway town, with a population of 4,516 (1 January 2022),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 railw ...

, 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 inh ...

municipalities to form an enlarged Vejen municipality.

Locations in Vejen Municipality

Politics

Vejen's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has seven political committees.Byråd og udvalg
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Municipal council

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

References

Sources

* Municipal statistics
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Eniro new municipalities map

External links

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