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 97,392 (2024). 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.
Horsens Municipality
Horsens Kommune (Danish) | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in Denmark | |
| Coordinates: 55°52′N 9°50′E / 55.86°N 9.84°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Central Denmark |
| Established | 1 January 2007 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Peter Sørensen |
| Area | |
• Total | 515.2 km2 (198.9 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2024)[1] | |
• Total | 97,392 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
History
editThe 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
editIn 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
edit| Horsens | 63,200 |
| Brædstrup | 4,000 |
| Lund | 3,200 |
| Egebjerg | 3,000 |
| Østbirk | 2,600 |
| Gedved | 2,400 |
| Hovedgård | 2,300 |
| Hatting | 1,900 |
| Søvind | 1,000 |
Politics
editMunicipal council
editHorsens' 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 | |||||||||||
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| 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
edit- Peder Skram (ca.1503 in Urup - 1581) a Danish Admiral and naval hero [4]
- Søren Frich (1827 in Nim Parish, Bolund manor – 1901) a Danish engineer, factory owner and city Councillor who built the Frichs company in Aarhus
- Mary Westenholz (1857 in Mattrup – 1947) an influential Danish Unitarian, women's rights activist, writer and editor
- Anders Christian Jensen-Haarup (1863 in Nim – 1934) a Danish entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera
- Brian Priske (14. 5. 1977 - ) coach of the football team Sparta Prague - league champion 2022/2023
References
edit- ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ "What is Business Region Aarhus". businessregionaarhus.dk. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Tal og statistik" [Figures and Statistics] (in Danish). Byregion Østjylland. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). 1911.
Sources
edit- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
- Printable/searchable municipal maps: Krak mapsearch(outline visible but doesn't print out!)
External links
edit- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). 1911.
- Municipality's official website Archived 2016-08-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)
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