Herning Municipality

Herning Municipality (Herning Kommune)
Municipalities of Denmark
Country	Denmark
Region	Region Midtjylland

Seat	Herning

Area	1,322.87 km² (511 sq mi)

Population	86,813 (1 April 2014)

Mayor	Lars Krarup (Venstre)

Timezone	CET (UTC1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC2)

Herning [left edge] is south of Holstebro and west of Århus, on Denmark's Jutland peninsula.

Herning Municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,322.87 km² and has a population of 86,813 (1 April 2014). Its mayor is Lars Krarup, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.

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.

The city of Herning

Main article: Herning

The city of Herning has a population of 44,437 (January 1, 2006). The town has grown rapidly in the 150 years: in 1840 the total population of the village of Herning was just 21.

Notable people

Gudmund Hatt (1884 - 1960), Danish archaeologist and cultural geographer, born in Vildbjerg parish municipality, which joined with other parish municipalities in 1970 to create Trehøje Municipality.

References

Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from 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

Media related to Herning Municipality at Wikimedia Commons

Central Denmark Region

Municipalities	Aarhus Favrskov Hedensted Herning Holstebro Horsens Ikast-Brande Lemvig Norddjurs Odder Randers Ringkøbing-Skjern Samsø Silkeborg Skanderborg Skive Struer Syddjurs Viborg

Cities and towns	Aarhus Hadsten Hedensted Herning Horsens Ikast Lemvig Grenå Odder Randers Ringkøbing Skjern Tranebjerg Silkeborg Skanderborg Skive Struer Ebeltoft Rønde Viborg Holstebro

Geographic features	Anholt Bay of Aarhus Djursland Ejer Bavnehøj Endelave Gudenåen Helgenæs Horsens Fjord Himmelbjerget Mols Bjerge National Park Mossø Møllehøj Nissum Fjord Northern Jutland Randers Fjord Ringkøbing Fjord Samsø Venø

Category

Municipalities of Denmark

List

Hovedstaden	Albertslund Allerød Ballerup Bornholm Brøndby Copenhagen Dragør Egedal Fredensborg Frederiksberg Frederikssund Furesø Gentofte Gladsaxe Glostrup Gribskov Halsnæs Helsingør Herlev Hillerød Hvidovre Høje-Taastrup Hørsholm Ishøj Lyngby-Taarbæk Rudersdal Rødovre Tårnby Vallensbæk

Midtjylland	Favrskov Hedensted Herning Holstebro Horsens Ikast-Brande Lemvig Norddjurs Odder Randers Ringkøbing-Skjern Samsø Silkeborg Skanderborg Skive Struer Syddjurs Viborg Aarhus

Nordjylland	Aalborg Brønderslev Frederikshavn Hjørring Jammerbugt Læsø Mariagerfjord Morsø Rebild Thisted Vesthimmerland

Sjælland	Faxe Greve Guldborgsund Holbæk Kalundborg Køge Lejre Lolland Næstved Odsherred Ringsted Roskilde Slagelse Solrød Sorø Stevns Vordingborg

Syddanmark	Aabenraa Ærø Assens Billund Esbjerg Faaborg-Midtfyn Fanø Fredericia Haderslev Kerteminde Kolding Langeland Middelfart Nordfyn Nyborg Odense Svendborg Sønderborg Tønder Varde Vejen Vejle

Coordinates: 56°08′N 8°59′E / 56.133°N 8.983°E / 56.133; 8.983

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