Ikast-Brande municipality

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Denmark Ikast-Brande municipality
Coat of arms of Ikast-Brande Kommune Location of Ikast-Brande municipality in Denmark
Basic data
State : Denmark
Region : Midtjylland
Region : Vestjylland
Educated: 2007
former municipalities :
(until the end of 2006) 		Nørre-Snede Municipality
Brande Municipality
Ikast Municipality
Offices (until the end of 2006) : Vejle Amt
Ringkjøbing Amt
Harden :
(until March 1970) 		Hammerum Herred
Hids Herred
Nørvang Herred
Vrads Herred
Offices (until 1970) : Ringkøbing Amt
Viborg Amt
Vejle Amt
Skanderborg Amt
Residents : 41,369 (2020)
Area : 733.50 km² (2014)
Population density : 56 inhabitants per km²
Municipality number : 756
Administration headquarters: Ikast
Address: Rådhusstrædet 6
7430 Ikast
Mayor: Ib Boye Lauritsen
( Venstre )
Website: www.ikast-brande.dk
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The Ikast-Brande municipality is a Danish municipality in Jutland . It was created on January 1, 2007 in the course of local government reform by merging the previous municipality of Nørre-Snede in Vejle Amt with Brande and Ikast in Ringkjøbing Amt .

The Ikast-Brande municipality has a total population of 41,369 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) and an area of ​​733.50 km². It is part of the Midtjylland region . The seat of the administration is in Ikast .

Parish communities and localities in the municipality

The following parish communities ( Danish : Sogn ) and localities with more than 200 inhabitants ( byer according to the definition of the Danish statistical authority ) 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
Blåhøj Sogn 779 Blåhøj 365
Brande Sogn 8,280 Brande 7,398
Bording Sogn 3,194 Boarding 2,396
Ejstrup Sogn 2,422 Ejstrupholm
Gludsted 		1,668
303
Engesvang Sogn 2,884 Engesvang
Pårup 		2,075
237
Fonnesbæk Sogn 5,097 Clock 253
Ikast Sogn 10,660 Ikast
Tulstrup 		15,662
613
Ilskov Sogn 1,151
Isenvad Sogn 1,138 Isenvad 676
Klovborg Sogn 1,022 Klovborg 533
Nørre-Snede Sogn 2,389 Hampen
Nørre Snede 		357
1,836
  1. ↑ a b Fonnesbæk Sogn was divided from Ikast Sogn on November 20, 1994. This only applies to church issues. In its capacity as Matrikelsogne , i.e. as land register districts of the cadastral authority Geodatastyrelsen , such changes have not had any effect since the abolition of the Harden structure in 1970.

economy

Among other things, the family company Bestseller (Jack & Jones, Vero Moda) has its headquarters in the municipality . In April 2019, it became known that Bestseller is planning to build the tallest building in Western Europe at 320 meters in Brande.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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: Borgmesterffekta: Ikast-Brande (Danish), accessed on April 25, 2020
  4. ↑ Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> KM1: Befolkningen January 1st, April 1st, July 1st and October 1st, so and folkekirkemedlemsskab (Danish)
  5. ↑ Alexander Preker: In a small town with 7000 inhabitants: fashion billionaire wants to build skyscrapers - in a Danish province . In: Spiegel Online . April 8, 2019 ( spiegel.de [accessed April 8, 2019]).

Web links

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