Herning Municipality is a municipality (
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kommune'') in
Region Midtjylland
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on the
Jutland
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peninsula in western
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. The municipality covers an area of and has a population of 89,230 (1 January 2022). Its mayor is Dorte West, a member of the
Venstre (Liberal Party)
political party
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The main town and the site of its municipal council is the Town of
Herning.
History
On January 1, 2007, as the result of
''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), Herning municipality was merged with former
Aulum-Haderup,
Trehøje, and
Aaskov municipalities to form the new Herning municipality.
Locations
The city of Herning
The city of Herning has a population of 50,531 (1 January 2022). The town has grown rapidly in the 150 years: in 1840 the total population of the village of Herning was just 21.
Politics
Municipal council
Herning's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the
Municipal Reform of 2007.
Notable people
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Gudmund Hatt (1884–1960), archaeologist and cultural geographer
Twin towns – sister cities
Herning is
twinned with:
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Arsuk
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Countryside
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, Åland Islands, Finland
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Eiði
Eiði (''Northern Faroese'' ɔiːjɪ) is a village located on the north-west tip of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands. It is the seat of Eiði Municipality. It is located 4 km north of Ljósá and 6.5 km west of Funningur.
History
Eiði was firs ...
, Faroe Islands
*
Holmestrand
is a town and municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Holmestrand. The town was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). T ...
, Norway
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Husby, Germany
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Kangasala
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Finnish auth ...
, Finland
*
Siglufjörður, Iceland
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Vänersborg
Vänersborg () is a locality and the seat of Vänersborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 23,882 inhabitants (out of a municipal total of 39,591) Until 1997 it was the capital of Älvsborg County, which was dissolved in 1998. Sin ...
, Sweden
References
* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map* Searchable/printable municipal map
Krak mapsearch(outline of municipality visible but doesn't print out)
External links
Herning municipality's official website
Destination Herning tourism information
{{Authority control
Municipalities of the Central Denmark Region
Municipalities of Denmark
Populated places established in 2007