Editing Billund Municipality

{{Infobox settlement
 | name                 = Billund Municipality
 | settlement_type      = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]]
 | native_name          = {{native name|da|Billund Kommune}}
 | nickname             = 
 | motto                = 
 | image_skyline        = GrindstedStationVejside.JPG
 | image_caption        = [[Grindsted]] train station in the largest town of the municipality
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 | map_caption          = Location in Denmark
 | coordinates          = {{coord|format=dms|region:DK_type:city|display=inline,title}}
 | subdivision_type     = Country
 | subdivision_name     = [[Denmark]]
 | subdivision_type1    = [[Regions of Denmark|Region]]
 | subdivision_name1    = [[Region of Southern Denmark|Southern Denmark]]
 | established_title    = Established
 | established_date     = {{#property:P571}}
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 | leader_title         = Mayor
 | leader_name          = {{#property:P6}}
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 | population_as_of     = 1 January 2025
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 | population_footnotes = <ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY2?lang=en BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref>
 | population_total     = 27168
 | population_density_km2= auto
 | timezone             = [[Central European Time|CET]]
 | utc_offset           = +1
 | timezone_DST         = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
 | utc_offset_DST       = +2
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 | postal_code          = {{#property:P281}}
 | area_code            = {{#property:P473}}
 | website              = {{Official URL}}
 | footnotes            = 
}}

'''Billund Municipality''' ({{langx|da|Billund Kommune}}) is a ''[[Municipalities of Denmark|kommune]]'' in the centre of the [[Jutland Peninsula]] in [[Denmark]]. Formerly the municipality belonged to [[Ribe County]]. The new, merged municipality covers an area of 540.18&nbsp;km², and has a total population of 27,168 (2025). Its mayor is Stephanie Storbank, a member of [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]] (Liberal Party) [[Politics of Denmark|political party]].<ref>[http://www.aaseflensted.dk/blltown.shtml Facts about Billund] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226071228/http://www.aaseflensted.dk/blltown.shtml |date=December 26, 2007 }}</ref> The site of its municipal council is the town of [[Grindsted]], which is the largest town in the municipality followed by the city of [[Billund, Denmark|Billund]].

On 1 January 2007, as a result of [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007)]], approved by the lawmakers in [[Folketinget]] 16 June 2005, and, after the signature by [[Margrethe II of Denmark|the head of state]], published in [[Lovtidende]], and being in effect from 26 June 2005, the new municipality was formed. The old Billund municipality was combined with the former [[Grindsted Municipality]] and the part of [[Billund Airport]] that was located in [[Give Municipality]]. The first election to the municipal council in the new municipality (and the regional council in the new region) was held [[2005 Danish local elections|15 November 2005]], which was the regular date of elections once every four years.

The municipality is part of the [[Triangle Region (Denmark)|Triangle Region]] and of the [[East Jutland metropolitan area]], which had a total population of 1.378&nbsp;million in 2016.<ref name="Culture Metropolis">{{cite web|url=https://www.trekantomraadet.dk/kulturmetropol/|title=Vi er landets mest ambitiøse business region|publisher=trekantomraadet.dk|access-date=15 January 2019|language=da |trans-title=We are the country's most ambitious business region}}</ref><ref name="East Jutland">{{cite web|title=Tal og statistik|trans-title=Figures and Statistics|url=http://www.byregionoestjylland.dk/Statistik.html|publisher=Byregion Østjylland|access-date=25 April 2016|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427191257/http://byregionoestjylland.dk/Statistik.html|archive-date=27 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Locations ==
{| class="wikitable"
| bgcolor="lightgrey" colspan="5" align=center | '''Cities and villages in Billund Municipality'''<ref>[http://www.statistikbanken.dk/BEF44 Danmarks Statistikbank<!-- Bot genereret titel -->]</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name !! Population (2024)  
|-
| [[Grindsted]] || 9,745
|-
| [[Billund, Denmark|Billund]] || 7,307
|-
| [[Sønder Omme]] || 1,710
|-
| [[Vorbasse]] || 1,261
|-
| [[Hejnsvig]] || 1,003
|-
| [[Filskov]] || 706
|-
| [[Stenderup, Billund|Stenderup]] || 642
|}

==Politics==
Billund's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has five political committees.<ref>{{cite web |title=Møder og udvalg |url=https://www.billund.dk/politik-og-demokrati/kommunalbestyrelsen/udvalg-og-moeder/ |website=Billund Kommune |access-date=10 September 2023 |language=da}}</ref>

===Municipal council===
Below are the municipal councils elected since the [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|Municipal Reform of 2007]].

{| class="wikitable" 
! rowspan="2"| Election
! colspan="8"| Party
! rowspan="2"| Total<br/>seats
! rowspan="2"| Turnout
! rowspan="2"| Elected<br/>mayor
|-
|style="background:#B5211D;"|'''[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|{{font color|white|A}}]]'''
|style="background:#843A93;"|'''[[Danish Social Liberal Party|{{font color|white|B}}]]'''
|style="background:#89A920;"|'''[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|C}}]]'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Borgerlisten|{{font color|white|E}}}}'''
|style="background:#C9096C;"|'''[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|F}}]]'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Lokalpolitisk Forum|{{font color|white|L}}}}'''
|style="background:#F4D44D;"|'''[[Danish People's Party|{{font color|white|O}}]]'''
|style="background:#254C85;"|'''[[Venstre (Denmark)|{{font color|white|V}}]]'''
|-
|[[2005 Danish local elections|2005]]
|7
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|3
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"|
|1
|14
|rowspan="5"|25
|71.1%
|rowspan="4"|[[Ib Kristensen]] (V)
|-
|[[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]
|6
|1
|3
|3
|2
|10
|67.7%
|-
|[[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]
|7
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|2
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|
|2
|13
|74.1%
|-
|[[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]
|7
|2
|1
|2
|3
|10
|72.8%
|-
|[[2021 Danish local elections|2021]]
|9
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|3
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|1
|2
|10
|68.3%
|Stephanie Storbank (V)
|-
|colspan="14"|Data from [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2005/adk.htm Kmdvalg.dk 2005], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2009/adk.htm 2009], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2013/Default.htm 2013], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2017/KMDValgKV.html 2017] and [https://kmdvalg.dk/KV/2021/K84733530.htm 2021]
|}

==Economy==
[[LEGO Group]] and [[Sun Air of Scandinavia]] have their head offices in [[Billund, Denmark|Billund]], Billund Municipality.<ref>"[http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=locations Locations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309035236/http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=locations |date=2010-03-09 }}." [[Lego Group]]. Retrieved on 16 March 2010.</ref><ref>"[http://www.uk.sun-air.dk/cms.cfm?nPageNo=4160 Contact] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820062903/http://www.uk.sun-air.dk/cms.cfm?nPageNo=4160 |date=2010-08-20 }}." [[Sun Air of Scandinavia]]. Retrieved on 16 March 2010.</ref> The first [[Legoland Billund Resort|Legoland]] has operated here since 1968.

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark}}
Billund is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Lage Daten Fakten|url=https://www.hohenwestedt.de/home/lage-daten-fakten/|website=hohenwestedt.de|publisher=Hohenwestedt|language=de|accessdate=2021-04-14}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Hohenwestedt]], Germany

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011050224/http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]
* [http://www.billundairport.sydjylland.com/index.lasso?page=401 Billund and western Denmark]
* Nuha Ansari, John D. Rambow, ''Denmark: The Guide for All Budgets'', Rambow, 2002, Fodor's Denmark, 224 pages {{ISBN|0-676-90201-4}}
* [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17686 Hogan, C.Michael, ''Egtved Girl Barrow'', The Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham 4 October, 2007]

==External links==
{{Portal|Denmark}}
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.billund.dk/ Official website] {{in lang|da}}
* [http://www.visitbillund.dk/ VisitBillund - Official Touristguide - The perfect starting point for a good stay]
* [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/01/business/wblego.php Lego braces for big changes], a July 2005 ''[[International Herald Tribune]]'' article
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=55+43+51+N,+9+6+55+E&spn=0.059279,0.080316&t=k&hl=en&z=3 Satellite image from Google Maps]
* [http://www.trekantomraadet.dk Trekantomraadet - Association formed by the six municipalities in the area: Billund, Fredericia, Kolding, Middelfart, Vejen and Vejle] {{in lang|da}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180807095625/https://www.regionsyddanmark.dk./ Region of Southern Denmark's official website] {{in lang|da}}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Billund
 | N  = [[Herning Municipality|Herning]] ([[Central Denmark Region|Midtjylland]])
 | NE = [[Ikast-Brande Municipality|Ikast-Brande]] ([[Central Denmark Region|Midtjylland]])
 | E  = [[Vejle Municipality|Vejle]]
 | S  = [[Vejen Municipality|Vejen]]
 | W  = [[Varde Municipality|Varde]]
 | NW = [[Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality|Ringkøbing-Skjern]] ([[Central Denmark Region|Midtjylland]])
}}
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