Billund Commune

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Denmark Billund Commune
Coat of arms of Billund Commune Location of Billund municipality in Denmark
Basic data
State : Denmark
Region : Syddanmark
Region : Sydjylland
Educated: 2007
former municipalities :
(until the end of 2006)
Billund Municipality
Grindsted Municipality
Give Municipality
Office (until the end of 2006) : Ribe office
Harden :
(until March 1970)
Nørvang Herred
Slavs Herred
Øster Horne Herred
Offices (until 1970) : Ribe Amt
Vejle Amt
Residents : 26,608 (2020)
Area : 536.60 km² (2014)
Population density : 50 inhabitants per km²
Municipality number : 530
Administration headquarters: Grindsted
Address: Jorden Rundt 1
7200 Grindsted
Mayor: Ib Kristensen
( Venstre )
Website: www.billund.dk
Parishes of the commune
Sister cities : GermanyGermany Hohenwestedt Narva-Jõesuu
EstoniaEstonia 

Billund Municipality is a Danish municipality in Jutland . It was created on January 1, 2007 in the course of local government reform through the merger of the "old" Billund municipality with the previous municipality of Grindsted and part of the previous municipality of Give , on whose territory part of Billund Airport was located, all in the Ribe Office .

Billund municipality has a total population of 26,608 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) and an area of ​​536.60 km². It is part of the Syddanmark region . The seat of the administration is in Grindsted . The municipality works with five neighboring municipalities within the Trekantområdet region .

Parish communities and localities in the municipality

The following parishes ( Danish : Sogn ) and localities with over 200 inhabitants ( byer according to the definition of the Danish statistical office ) are located in the municipality , with a registered population of zero the place had more than 200 inhabitants in the past:

No. Parish Residents Locality Residents
2 Filskov Sogn 1,016 Filskov 662
4th Grene Sogn 7,028 Billund 6662
3 Grindsted Sogn 10,405 Grindsted 9782
6th Hejnsvig Sogn 1,660 Hejnsvig 1054
5 Stenderup Sogn 1,034 Stenderup 647
1 Sønder Omme Sogn 2,352 Sønder Omme 1671
7th Vorbasse Sogn 1,832 Pre-bass 1324

The eastern part of Billund Airport is still in the municipality, but belongs to the parishes of Lindeballe and Ringive, which are mostly in the territory of Vejle municipality . In the course of the local government reform, the Folketing decided that parts of other municipalities should be incorporated into Billund as part of the expansion of Billund Airport.

Partner communities

The maintains the following city ​​partnerships :

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)
  2. a b Statistics Banks -> Geografi, miljø og energi -> ARE207: Areal demands efter municipality / region (Danish)
  3. danskekommuner.dk: Borgmester facta: Billund (Danish), accessed on April 24, 2020
  4. Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> KM1: Befolkningen January 1st, April 1st, July 1st and October 1st, so and folkekirkemedlemsskab (Danish)
  5. Data and facts about the community of Hohenwestedt on their homepage.Retrieved on March 30, 2019, 14:31

Web links

Commons : Billund Kommune  - Collection of images, videos and audio files