Horsens Commune

	Horsens commune
	; Søndergade, Horsens
Basic data
State :	Denmark
Region :	Midtjylland
Region :	Østjylland
Educated:	2007
former municipalities : ; (until the end of 2006)	Horsens Municipality ; Gedved Municipality ; Brædstrup Municipality
Office (until the end of 2006) :	Vejle Office
Harden : ; (until March 1970)	Tyrsting Herred ; Nim Herred ; Voer Herred ; Hatting Herred ; Bjerre Herred
Offices (until 1970) :	Vejle Amt ; Skanderborg Amt
Residents :	90,966 (2020)
Area :	519.40 km² (2014)
Population density :	175 inhabitants per km²
Municipality number :	615
Administration headquarters:	Horsens
Post Code:	8700
Address:	Rådhustorvet 4 ; 8700 Horsens
Mayor:	Peter Sørensen (since 2012) ; ( Social Democrat )
Website:	www.horsens.dk
Sister cities :	Nokia Karlstad Moss Blönduós Chengdu; ; ; ;

Horsens Municipality is a Danish municipality in Jutland . It was created on January 1, 2007 in the course of local government reform by merging the "old" Horsens municipality with the previous municipalities Gedved and Brædstrup (excluding the eastern part of Voerladegård Sogn , which Skanderborg municipality joined) in Vejle Amt .

Horsens municipality has a total population of 90,966 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) and an area of 519.40 km². It is part of the Midtjylland region . The seat of the administration is in Horsens .

geography

In the municipality is the 170.77 m high Yding Skovhøj , the second highest point in Denmark , in close proximity to Møllehøj (170.86 m) and Ejer Bavnehøj (170.35 m), both of which are in the neighboring municipality of Skanderborg .

Parish communities and localities in the municipality

The following parish communities ( Danish : Sogn ) and localities with more than 200 inhabitants ( byområder (German: "urban areas") as defined by the statistical office ) are located in the municipality ; Population on January 1st, 2020, with a registered population of zero, the place had more than 200 inhabitants in the past:

Sogn	Residents	Locality	Residents
Brædstrup Sogn	3,605	Brædstrup	3,637
Endelave Sogn	155
Føvling Sogn	496
Gangsted Sogn	236
Grædstrup Sogn	892	Grædstrup	227
Hansted Sogn	3,348	Egebjerg	2,960
Hatting Sogn	2,241	Hatting	1,733
Kattrup Sogn	380
Klostersogn Sogn	12,515
Lundum Sogn	273
Fog Sogn	320
Nim Sogn	926	Nim	734
Sønder Vissing Sogn	1,111	Sønder Vissing	437
Sønderbro Sogn	7,341
Søvind Sogn	1,563	Søvind	1,053
Tamdrup Sogn	3,324	Lund	2,423
Tolstrup Sogn	2,596	Gedved	2,302
Torsted Sogn	9,925
Træden Sogn	333	Træden	<200
Tyrsted Sogn	11,494
Tyrsting Sogn	199
Tønning Sogn	635
Underup Sogn	266
Uth Sogn	766	Sejet	345
Vedslet Sogn	505	Grumstrup	243
Voerladegård Sogn	915
Before Frelsers Sogn	12,368
Vær Sogn	6,287	Haldrup	327
Yding Sogn	428
Ørridslev Sogn	3.127	Hovedgård Tvingstrup	2,258 583
Østbirk Sogn	3,325	Vestbirk Østbirk	<200 2,223
		Horsens	59,449

↑ ^a ^b Vestbirk had fewer than 200 inhabitants for the first time in 2008, and Træden did so for the first time in 2020.
↑ Voerladegård Sogn is mostly in the area of Skanderborg Municipality .