Vejen Municipality

Municipality in Southern Denmark, Denmark

Vejen Municipality

Vejen Kommune (Danish)

Municipality

Location in Denmark

Coordinates: 55°29′00″N 9°09′00″E﻿ / ﻿55.4833°N 9.15°E﻿ / 55.4833; 9.15
Country| Denmark
Region| Southern Denmark
Established| 1 January 2007
Government

• Mayor| Frank Schmidt-Hansen
Area

• Total

| 817 km2 (315 sq mi)
Population

(1. January 2025)[1]

• Total

| 42,702
• Density| 52/km2 (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 42,702 (2025). 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

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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

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Vejen | 9,800

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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

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

### Municipal council

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

Election  | Party  | Total
seats  | Turnout  | Elected
mayor

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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

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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

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

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vejen Kommune.

* Municipality's official website
* Vejen Art Museum Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

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Vejen Municipality

Towns & villages|

* Askov
* Brørup
* Bække
* Føvling
* Gesten
* Glejbjerg
* Holsted
* Hovborg
* Jels
* Lindknud
* Lintrup
* Rødding
* Skodborg
* Store Andst
* Sønder Hygum
* Vejen
* Øster Lindet

Transportation & infrastructure|

* Brørup Railway Station
* European route E20
* Holsted Railway Station
* Lunderskov–Esbjerg Railway Line
* Vejen Railway Station

Category

Places adjacent to Vejen Municipality

| Varde | Billund | Vejle

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Esbjerg |

Vejen

| Kolding
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| Haderslev |

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