Horsens Municipality

Horsens municipality 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 542 km². It has a total population of ca. 80,102 (2008). Its mayor is Jan Trøjborg, a member of the Social Democrats ("Socialdemokraterne") political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Horsens.

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

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.

External links

* [http://www.horsenskom.dk/ Municipality's official website] da icon

References

* Municipal statistics: [http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta] , delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]
* Printable/searchable municipal maps: [http://kort.krak.dk/borgerdk.kortsoegning/imapDKbig.asp Krak mapsearch] (outline visible but doesn't print out!)