Horsens Municipality

Horsens Municipality (Danish: Horsens Kommune) is a municipality (Danish: kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Endelave, and covers an area of 515.2 km2. It has a population of 96,480 (2023). Its mayor is Peter Sørensen, a member of the Social Democratic party. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Horsens.

For the article about the city in Denmark with the same name, see Horsens.
Horsens Municipality
Horsens Kommune (Danish)
Municipality
Flag of Horsens Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Horsens Municipality
Coat of arms
Location in Denmark
Location in Denmark
Coordinates: 55°52′N 9°50′E
CountryDenmark
RegionCentral Denmark
Established1 January 2007
Government
 • MayorPeter Sørensen
Area
 • Total515.2 km2 (198.9 sq mi)
Population
 (1. January 2023)[1]
 • Total96,480
 • Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitewww.horsenskommune.dk

History

The municipality was created in 1970 due to a kommunalreform ("Municipal Reform") that combined the city of Horsens with a number of existing parishes:

  • Endelave Parish
  • Hansted Parish
  • Hatting Parish
  • Kloster Parish
  • Lundum Parish
  • Nebel Parish
  • Sønderbro Parish
  • Tamdrup Parish
  • Torsted Parish
  • Tyrsted Parish
  • Uth Parish
  • Vær Parish

On 1 January 2007 Horsens Municipality was, as the result of the Municipal Reform of 2007, merged with existing Brædstrup (except for Voerladegård Parish) and Gedved municipalities to form a new Horsens municipality.

The municipality is part of Business Region Aarhus and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.[2][3]

Geography

In the northern part of Horsens municipality near the town of Yding, the second highest natural point of terrain in Denmark, namely Yding Skovhøj at 170.77 metres (560.27 ft), is situated, immediately west of the highest and third-highest points of natural terrain in Skanderborg municipality.

Locations
Horsens59,000
Brædstrup3,600
Egebjerg2,900
Lund2,400
Gedved2,300
Hovedgård2,300
Østbirk2,200
Hatting1,700

Politics

Municipal council

Horsens' municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Election Party Total
seats		 Turnout Elected
mayor
A B C D F I O V Ø
2005 16 2 1 1 11 31 69.0% Jan Trøjborg (A)
2009 12 1 3 1 2 8 27 62.3%
2013 13 1 1 1 3 7 1 70.5% Peter Sørensen (A)
2017 13 1 1 1 3 7 1 68.5%
2021 12 1 3 1 1 1 7 1 63.8%
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021

Notable people

References
  1. BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. "What is Business Region Aarhus". businessregionaarhus.dk. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. "Tal og statistik" [Figures and Statistics] (in Danish). Byregion Østjylland. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  4. "Skram, Peder" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). 1911.

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