Varde Municipality

Municipality in Southern Denmark, Denmark

Varde Municipality

Varde Kommune (Danish)

Municipality

Coat of arms

Location in Denmark

Coordinates: 55°38′00″N 8°29′00″E﻿ / ﻿55.6333°N 8.4833°E﻿ / 55.6333; 8.4833
Country| Denmark
Region| Southern Denmark
Established| 1 January 2007
Government

• Mayor| Mads Sørensen
Area

• Total| 1,256 km2 (485 sq mi)
Population

(1. January 2023)[1]

• Total| 49,995
• Density| 40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Website| www.vardekommune.dk

Varde Municipality (Danish: Varde Kommune) is a kommune in the Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Mads Sørensen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The main town and site of its municipal council is the town of Varde. It covers an area of 1255.79 km2 with a population of 49,995 (2023).

On 1 January 2007 Varde municipality was, as a result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with the existing Blaabjerg, Blåvandshuk, most of Helle (Grimstrup parish, a part of the former Helle Municipality, merged with Esbjerg Municipality), and Ølgod municipalities to form a new Varde municipality. Årre is also located in Varde.

## Locations[edit]

Varde | 14,000

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Ølgod | 3,800
Oksbøl | 2,800
Tistrup | 1,400
Nørre Nebel | 1,350
Agerbæk | 1,300
Alslev | 1,300
Ansager | 1,300

## Politics[edit]

Varde's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has six political committees.[2]

### Municipal council[edit]

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 | K | L | L | O | V | Ø
2005 | 4  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  | 8  |  |  | 16  |  | 31  | 73.5%  | Gylling Haahr (V)
2009 | 5  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 1  | 13  | 25  | 66.2%
2013 | 4  | 1  | 2  |  |  | 2  | 15  | 1  | 73.4%  | Erik Buhl Nielsen (V)
2017 | 6  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 12  |  | 72.4%
2021 | 6  |  | 5  | 1  | 1  |  | 1  |  |  | 10  | 68.4%  | Mads Sørensen (V)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021

## References[edit]

1. ^ "BY2: Population 1. January by municipality, city size, age, sex and time". The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark.
2. ^ "Byråd og udvalg".

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

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Varde Kommune.

* Municipality's official website
* Varde portal
* Varde Official Tourist Information
* Varde Attractions \- museums and other sites of interest in Varde

Places adjacent to Varde Municipality

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