Horsens Municipality

Location of Horsens municipality

For the article about the city in Denmark with the same name, see Horsens.

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 524.21 km². It has a population of 85,911 (1 April 2014). Its mayor is Peter Sørensen, 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 1 January 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.

References

Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
Printable/searchable municipal maps: Krak mapsearch(outline visible but doesn't print out!)

External links

Municipality's official website (Danish)

Central Denmark Region

Municipalities	Aarhus Favrskov Hedensted Herning Holstebro Horsens Ikast-Brande Lemvig Norddjurs Odder Randers Ringkøbing-Skjern Samsø Silkeborg Skanderborg Skive Struer Syddjurs Viborg

Cities and towns	Aarhus Hadsten Hedensted Herning Horsens Ikast Lemvig Grenå Odder Randers Ringkøbing Skjern Tranebjerg Silkeborg Skanderborg Skive Struer Ebeltoft Rønde Viborg Holstebro

Geographic features	Anholt Bay of Aarhus Djursland Ejer Bavnehøj Endelave Gudenåen Helgenæs Horsens Fjord Himmelbjerget Mols Bjerge National Park Mossø Møllehøj Nissum Fjord Northern Jutland Randers Fjord Ringkøbing Fjord Samsø Venø

Category

Municipalities of Denmark

List

Hovedstaden	Albertslund Allerød Ballerup Bornholm Brøndby Copenhagen Dragør Egedal Fredensborg Frederiksberg Frederikssund Furesø Gentofte Gladsaxe Glostrup Gribskov Halsnæs Helsingør Herlev Hillerød Hvidovre Høje-Taastrup Hørsholm Ishøj Lyngby-Taarbæk Rudersdal Rødovre Tårnby Vallensbæk

Midtjylland	Favrskov Hedensted Herning Holstebro Horsens Ikast-Brande Lemvig Norddjurs Odder Randers Ringkøbing-Skjern Samsø Silkeborg Skanderborg Skive Struer Syddjurs Viborg Aarhus

Nordjylland	Aalborg Brønderslev Frederikshavn Hjørring Jammerbugt Læsø Mariagerfjord Morsø Rebild Thisted Vesthimmerland

Sjælland	Faxe Greve Guldborgsund Holbæk Kalundborg Køge Lejre Lolland Næstved Odsherred Ringsted Roskilde Slagelse Solrød Sorø Stevns Vordingborg

Syddanmark	Aabenraa Ærø Assens Billund Esbjerg Faaborg-Midtfyn Fanø Fredericia Haderslev Kerteminde Kolding Langeland Middelfart Nordfyn Nyborg Odense Svendborg Sønderborg Tønder Varde Vejen Vejle

Coordinates: 55°52′01″N 9°50′01″E / 55.8669°N 9.83361°E / 55.8669; 9.83361

Authority control	GND: 4477070-4

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