Editing Haderslev Municipality

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 | name                 = Haderslev Municipality
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'''Haderslev Municipality''' ({{langx|da|Haderslev Kommune}}, {{langx|de|Kommune Hadersleben}}) is a town and municipality on the east coast of the [[Jutland]] peninsula in the [[Region of Southern Denmark]]. It includes the island of [[Årø (Denmark)|Årø]] as well as several other smaller islands in the [[Little Belt]]. The municipality covers {{convert|701.98|km²|0|abbr=on}} and has a population of 55,354 (2025). Its mayor is Mads Skau, representing the [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]] [[Politics of Denmark|political party]]. Following the [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007)]], Haderslev municipality was merged on 1 January that year with the former municipalities of [[Gram municipality|Gram]] and [[Vojens]], as well as Bjerning, Hjerndrup, and Fjelstrup parishes of [[Christiansfeld Municipality]] and Bevtoft parish of [[Nørre Rangstrup Municipality]].

The municipality is part of [[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>

The waters of Haderslev Fjord cut into the municipality from the Little Belt, dividing the city north-to-south, becoming Haderslev Dam west of the city centre. Årø Strait (''Årøsund'') separates the bulk of the municipality from the island of [[Årø (Denmark)|Årø]], and the two are connected by [[ferry]] service between the [[Aarøsund|town of Årøsund]] on the mainland and the town of Årø on the island.

== Locations ==

{| class="wikitable" style="margin-right:1em"
|-
| [[Haderslev]] || align="center"| 21,994 
|-
| [[Vojens]] || align="center"| 7,579
|-
| [[Gram, Denmark|Gram]] || align="center"| 2,526
|-
| [[Starup]] || align="center"| 2,486
|-
| [[Over Jerstal]] || align="center"| 1,103
|-
| [[Sommersted]] || align="center"| 1,073
|-
| [[Hammelev]] || align="center"| 1,013
|-
| [[Marstrup]] || align="center"| 779
|-
| [[Bevtoft]] || align="center"| 749
|-
| [[Hoptrup]] || align="center"| 685
|}

===The city of Haderslev===
{{main|Haderslev}}
The main town and the site of the municipal council is the city of [[Haderslev]].

==North Schleswig Germans==
Haderslev Municipality is home to the only [[Minority languages of Denmark|officially recognised ethno-linguistic minority]] of [[Denmark proper]], the [[North Schleswig Germans]]. This minority makes up about 6% of the total population of the municipalities of [[Aabenraa Municipality|Aabenraa/Apenrade]], Haderslev/Hadersleben, [[Sønderborg Municipality|Sønderborg/Sonderburg]] and [[Tønder Municipality|Tønder/Tondern]]. In these four municipalities, the German minority enjoys certain [[linguistic rights]] in accordance with the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages]].

==Politics==
Haderslev's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has 11 political committees.<ref>{{cite web |title=Politiske udvalg |url=https://www.haderslev.dk/demokrati/politiske-udvalg/ |website=Haderslev Kommune |access-date=10 September 2023 |language=da-DK}}</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="11"| 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:#004450;"|'''[[New Right (Denmark)|{{font color|white|D}}]]'''
|style="background:#C9096C;"|'''[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|F}}]]'''
|style="background:#1CB1B7;"|'''[[Liberal Alliance (Denmark)|{{font color|white|I}}]]'''
|style="background:#EC7D14;"|'''[[Christian Democrats (Denmark)|{{font color|white|K}}]]'''
|style="background:#F4D44D;"|'''[[Danish People's Party|{{font color|white|O}}]]'''
|style="background:#236B8E;"|'''[[Schleswig Party|{{font color|white|S}}]]'''
|style="background:#254C85;"|'''[[Venstre (Denmark)|{{font color|white|V}}]]'''
|style="background:#FF0000;"|'''[[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|{{font color|white|Ø}}]]'''
|-
|[[2005 Danish local elections|2005]]
|13
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"|
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|1
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|13
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="5"|31
|73.3%
|[[Hans Peter Geil]] (V)
|-
|[[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]
|14
|1
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"|
|2
|1
|11
|69.6%
|[[Jens Christian Gjesing]] (A)
|-
|[[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]
|9
|2
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|1
|4
|1
|11
|2
|74.1%
|rowspan="2"|Hans Peter Geil (V)
|-
|[[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]
|10
|1
|1
|1
|2
|4
|1
|9
|2
|73.4%
|-
|[[2021 Danish local elections|2021]]
|10
|1
|5
|2
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|1
|1
|9
|1
|68.3%
|Mads Skau (V)
|-
|colspan="15"|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/K84733510.htm 2021]
|}

==Notable people==
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*[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] (born 1946), three-time [[List of Individual Speedway World Championship medalists|speedway world champion]]
*[[Günter Weitling]] (born 1935), Lutheran theologian, historian, and author

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark}}
Haderslev is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web|title=Dagsordener og referater: 13 Venskabsbysamarbejder|url=https://www.haderslev.dk/demokrati/dagsordener-og-referater/oekonomiudvalget/2019-01-21-16-00-12904/|website=haderslev.dk|publisher=Haderslev Kommune|language=da|date=2019-01-21|accessdate=2021-04-16|archive-date=2021-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217035427/https://www.haderslev.dk/demokrati/dagsordener-og-referater/oekonomiudvalget/2019-01-21-16-00-12904/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Braine, Aisne|Braine]], France
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*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Sandefjord]], Norway
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Uusikaupunki]], Finland
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Varberg Municipality|Varberg]], Sweden
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Wittenberg]], Germany

==Sources==
* Municipal statistics: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070812152043/http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta], delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal mergers and neighbours: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011050224/http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.haderslev.dk/ Municipality's official website (Danish only)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050721030013/http://www.haderslev-turist.dk/p13.asp Haderslev tourism information in English]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050829042202/http://www.nyhaderslev.dk/ The new Haderslev municipality's official website (Danish only)]

{{Haderslev Municipality}}
{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Haderslev
 | N  = [[Vejen Municipality|Vejen]] / [[Kolding Municipality|Kolding]]
 | NE = ''[[Little Belt]]'' / [[Middelfart Municipality|Middelfart]]
 | E  = ''[[Little Belt]]'' / [[Assens Municipality|Assens]]
 | SE = ''[[Little Belt]]''<br/>[[Sønderborg Municipality|Sønderborg]]
 | S  = [[Aabenraa Municipality|Aabenraa]]
 | SW = [[Tønder Municipality|Tønder]]
 | NW = [[Esbjerg Municipality|Esbjerg]]
}}
{{Municipalities of Denmark}}
{{Authority control}}

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