Editing Holsted Municipality

'''Holsted Municipality''' is a former [[municipality]] ([[Danish language|Danish]], ''[[Municipalities of Denmark|kommune]]'') in [[Region of Southern Denmark]] on the [[Jutland]] [[peninsula]] in southwest [[Denmark]]. The municipality covered an area of 190&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and had a total population of 6,965 (2005).  Its last mayor was Carl Aaskov, a member of the [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]] (Liberal Party) [[Politics of Denmark|political party]].<ref>[http://www.danskekommuner.dk/Borgmesterfakta/Sogning/?lq=Holsted&mp=126491&po=126739&st=2&cu=2#results danske kommuner, Borgmesterfakta: Holsted]</ref> The main town and site of its municipal council was the town of [[Holsted]].

On 1 January 2007 Holsted municipality ceased to exist due to [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007)]].  It was merged with  [[Brørup]], [[Rødding]], and [[Vejen Municipality|Vejen]] municipalities to form the new Vejen municipality.  This created a municipality with an area of 817&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and a total population of 41,350 (2005).
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==External links==
* [http://www.vejenkom.dk Municipality's official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228195753/http://www.vejenkom.dk/ |date=2007-02-28 }}

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