Vejen municipality

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Denmark Vejen
Vejen coat of arms Location of Vejen in Denmark
Basic data
State : Denmark
Region : Syddanmark
Region : Sydjylland
Educated: 2007
former municipalities :
(until the end of 2006)
Vejen Municipality
Rødding Municipality
Brørup Municipality
Holsted Municipality
Offices (until the end of 2006) : Sønderjyllands Amt
Ribe Amt
Harden :
(until March 1970)
Anst Herred
Frøs Herred
Gram Herred
Gørding Herred
Malt Herred
Offices (until 1970) : Haderslev Office
Ribe Office
Residents : 42,742 (2020)
Area : 813.70 km² (2014)
Population density : 53 inhabitants per km²
Municipality number : 575
Administration headquarters: Vejen
Post Code: 6600-6752
Address: Rådhuspassagen 3
6600 Vejen
Mayor: Egon Fræhr
( Venstre )
Website: www.vejen.dk
Parishes of the commune
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Vejen Kommune 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" Vejen municipality with the previous municipality of Rødding in Sønderjyllands Amt and the municipalities of Brørup and Holsted in Ribe Amt .

Vejen municipality has a total population of 42,742 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) and an area of ​​813.70 km². It is part of the Syddanmark region . The seat of the administration is in Vejen . The municipality works with five neighboring municipalities within the Trekantområdet region .

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:

No. Sogn Residents Locality Residents
14th Andst Sogn 1,519 Store Andst 817
12 Askov Sogn 2,829 Askov 1879
06th Brørup Sogn 3,990 Brørup 4521
03 Bække Sogn 1,641 Bække 1077
10 Folding Sogn 1,679
09 Føvling Sogn 845 Føvling 202
08th Gestures Sogn 1,561 Gestures 946
Gørding Sogn 2,547
16 Hjerting Sogn 283
05 Holsted Sogn 2.115 Holsted 3123
21st Jels Sogn 2,570 Jels 2019
02 Lindknud Sogn 813 Lindknud
Hovborg
402
398
15th Lintrup Sogn 752 Lintrup 211
07th Læborg Sogn 697
11 Paints Sogn 598
20th Rødding Sogn 3,186 Rødding 2678
18th Skodborg Sogn 1,859 Skodborg 1317
17th Skrave Sogn 475
19th Sønder Hygum Sogn 975 Sønder Hygum 449
04th Veerst Sogn 564
13 Vejen Sogn 9,142 Vejen 9853
01 Åstrup Sogn 1,284 Glejbjerg 683
22nd Øster Lindet Sogn 795 Øster Lindet 421

Web links

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

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: Borgmester facta: Vejen (Danish), accessed on May 4, 2020
  4. Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> KM1: Folketal den 1. i kvartalet efter so og folkekirkemedlemsskab (Danish)