Vejen Municipality

Vejen Municipality Vejen Kommune (Danish)
Municipality
Location in Denmark
Coordinates: 55°29′00″N 9°09′00″E
Country	Denmark
Region	Southern Denmark
Established	1 January 2007
Government
• Mayor	Frank Schmidt-Hansen
Area
• Total	817 km^2 (315 sq mi)
Population  (1. January 2024)[1]
• Total	42,800
• Density	52/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	vejen.dk

Vejen Municipality (Danish: Vejen Kommune) is a kommune in the Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 817 km², and has a total population of 42,800 (2024). Its mayor is Frank Schmidt-Hansen, representing the Conservative People's Party..

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

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Vejen. One of the attractions of the area is the Vejen Art Museum.^[4]

History

On 1 January 2007 Vejen municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with Brørup, Holsted, and Rødding municipalities to form an enlarged Vejen municipality.

Locations in Vejen Municipality

Vejen	9,800
Brørup	4,500
Holsted	3,100
Rødding	2,600
Jels	2,000
Askov	1,900
Skodborg	1,300
Bække	1,000
Gesten	950
Store Andst	800

Further information on the village: Brændstrup

Politics

Vejen's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has nine political committees.^[5]

Municipal council

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

Election	Party										Total seats	Turnout	Elected mayor
	A	C	D	F	I	L	L	O	V	Ø
2005	8	2		1		1		1	14		27	70.4%	Egon Fræhr (V)
2009	8	4		2				2	11			67.2%
2013	6	4		1	1			3	12			72.5%
2017	8	4		1	1			2	10	1		71.9%
2021	8	6	1	1			1	1	9			68.3%	Frank Schmidt-Hansen (C)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021

References

1. BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
2. "Vi er landets mest ambitiøse business region" [We are the country's most ambitious business region] (in Danish). trekantomraadet.dk. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
3. "Tal og statistik" [Figures and Statistics] (in Danish). Byregion Østjylland. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
4. "Vejen Kunstmuseum". Den Store Danske (in Danish). Retrieved 23 November 2014.
5. "Byråd og politiske udvalg". Vejen Kommune (in Danish). Retrieved 10 September 2023.

Sources

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map

External links

• Municipality's official website
• Vejen Art Museum