Vamdrup municipality
Vamdrup municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Vejle County on the Jutland peninsula in southeast Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 102 km², and has a total population of 7,456 (2005). Its mayor is Mike Legarth, a member of the Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) political party.
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Danish - Kommune - Vejle County - Jutland - Denmark - Km² - Conservative People's Party - Political party
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The main city and the site of its municipal council is the town of Vamdrup.
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Neighboring municipalities are Kolding to the east, Lunderskov to the north, Vejen and Rødding to the west, and Christiansfeld to the south.
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Kolding - Lunderskov - Vejen - Rødding - Christiansfeld
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The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes:
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- Hjarup Parish
- Vamdrup Parish
- Ødis Parish
By January 1, 2007 Vamdrup municipality municipality will cease to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It will be merged with existing Christiansfeld, Kolding, and Lunderskov municipalities to form a new Kolding municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 640 km² and a total population of 86,102 (2005). The new municipality will belong to the new Region Syddanmark ("South Denmark Region").
Related Topics:
2007 - ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007) - Christiansfeld - Kolding - Lunderskov - Km² - Region Syddanmark
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