Esbjerg Municipality
Esbjerg Municipality (Danish pronunciation: [ˈesˌpjɛɐ̯ˀ]) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Jesper Frost Rasmussen, from the Venstre (Center-Right Party) political party. By 1 January 2007, the old Esbjerg municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with the former Bramming and Ribe and a small part of Helle municipalities to form the new Esbjerg municipality. This municipality has an area of 741 km² (286 sq. miles) and a total population of 114,244 (2008).
Esbjerg Municipality
Esbjerg Kommune | |
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| Coordinates: 55°28′00″N 8°27′00″E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Southern Denmark |
| Seat | Esbjerg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jesper Frost Rasmussen |
| Area | |
| • Total | 742.5 km2 (286.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 114,244 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
Overview
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Esbjerg, the fifth largest city in Denmark.
Neighboring municipalities with land connection are Tønder to the south, Haderslev to the southeast, Vejen to the east, and Varde to the north. The neighboring municipality to the west is Fanø, an island municipality located in Fanø Bay (Fanø Bugt). Beyond the island of Fanø and Fanø Bay is the North Sea.
Locations
| Esbjerg | 72,000 |
| Ribe | 8,300 |
| Bramming | 7,000 |
| Tjæreborg | 2,800 |
| Gørding | 1,700 |
| Tarp | 1,700 |
| Andrup | 1,300 |
| Egebæk | 1,200 |
Politics
Esbjerg's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has seven political committees.[1]
Municipal council
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 | E | F | O | V | Ø | ||||||
| 2005 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 31 | 65.8% | Johnny Søtrup (V) | ||||
| 2009 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 61.3% | |||||||
| 2013 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 68.9% | ||||||
| 2017 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 69.1% | Jesper Frost Rasmussen (V) | |||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | |||||||||||||
Twin towns – sister cities
Ely, England, United Kingdom
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Fjarðabyggð, Iceland
Güstrow, Germany
Jyväskylä, Finland
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Qeqqata, Greenland- Ratzeburg, Germany
Stavanger, Norway
Suzhou, China
Szczecin, Poland
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
References
- Politiske råd og udvalg
- "Venskabsbyer". esbjerg.dk (in Danish). Esbjerg Kommune. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- 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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