Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality () is the largest municipality (
Danish, ''
kommune'') in
Denmark
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. It was formed on 1 January 2007 as part of the
2007 administrative reform from the former municipalities of
Egvad,
Holmsland,
Ringkøbing
Ringkøbing (older spelling ''Ringkjøbing'') is a town in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality in Central Denmark Region, Region Midtjylland on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. It has a population of 9,830 (1 January 2025). ,
Skjern, and
Videbæk. New figures concerning Regions and Municipalities of Denmark published by the Ministry of Economics, "Municipal Key Figures" (Danish: "De Kommunale Nøgletal" (www.noegletal.dk)), state that the new municipality from 2011 had a total area, including some water, of , the largest municipality in Denmark by area. The total population was 55,582 (1. January 2025)
with a population density of 38 per square km. It is part of
Region Midtjylland
The Central Denmark Region (), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid-Jutland, is an administrative Regions of Denmark, region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municip ...
("Region Central Jutland"), also known as the
Central Denmark Region
The Central Denmark Region (), 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 municipal reform. The refo ...
. The Mayor of the Municipality since 2018 is Hans Østergaard (
Venstre).
The
Church of Denmark
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has 46
parish
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es in the municipality.
Locations
Politics
Municipal council
Ringkøbing-Skjern's municipal council consists of 29 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the
Municipal Reform of 2007.
See also
*
Hoven, Denmark
References
* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta delivered fro
KMDaka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
External links
*
Municipalities of the Central Denmark Region
Municipalities of Denmark
Populated places established in 2007
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