Vester Vedsted Sogn

Vester Vedsted Sogn
Help on coat of arms Vester Vedsted Sogn
Basic data
State :	Denmark
Region :	Syddanmark
Municipality (since 2007) :	Esbjerg
Coordinates :	55 ° 17 ′  N , 8 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 55 ° 17 ′  N , 8 ° 40 ′  E
Population : (2020)	1,225
Postal code :	6760 Ribe
Website:	www.vestervedstedkirke.dk
Location of Vester Vedsted Sogn in Esbjerg Municipality

Vester Vedsted Kirke

Vester Vedsted Sogn is a parish municipality ( Danish : Sogn ) in southern Denmark . Until 1970 she belonged to Harde Ribe Herred in what was then Ribe Office , then to Ribe Municipality in the expanded Ribe Office , which was merged into the "new" Esbjerg municipality in the Syddanmark region as part of the municipal reform on January 1, 2007 .

On January 1, 2020, 1225 inhabitants lived in the parish, 323 of them in the parish of Vester Vedsted . In the village of Egebæk, which belongs to both the municipality of Vester Vedsted and the municipality of Hviding , there are 1187 inhabitants. In the parish is the church "Vester Vedsted kirke", which was built in the 12th century.

Neighboring communities are Ribe Dom in the north and east , Roager in the south-east, Hviding in the south and Mandø in the west.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> KM1: Befolkningen January 1st, April 1st, July 1st and October 1st, so og folkekirkemedlemsskab (Danish)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)
3. ↑ Kort om Vester Vedsted Kirkes historie. Retrieved February 11, 2011 (Danish). 

Web links

• Website of the municipality (Danish)
• Entry in the Sogneportalen (Danish)
• Information about Danish parishes and municipalities