Editing Varde Municipality

{{Infobox settlement
 | name                 = Varde Municipality
 | settlement_type      = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]]
 | native_name          = {{native name|da|Varde Kommune}}
 | nickname             = 
 | motto                = 
 | image_skyline        = Varde torv , Danmark.jpg
 | image_caption        = 
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 | flag_size            = 120x80px
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 | shield_size          = 100x80px
 | image_map            = {{#property:P242}}
 | 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}}
 | government_footnotes = 
 | government_type      = 
 | leader_title         = Mayor
 | leader_name          = {{#property:P6}}
 | leader_title1        = 
 | leader_name1         = 
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 | population_as_of     = 1. January 2025
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 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY2?lang=en|title= BY2: Population 1. January by municipality, city size, age, sex and time|website= The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]}}</ref>
 | population_total     = 49410
 | population_density_km2= auto
 | timezone             = [[Central European Time|CET]]
 | utc_offset           = +1
 | timezone_DST         = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
 | utc_offset_DST       = +2
 | postal_code_type     = 
 | postal_code          = {{#property:P281}}
 | area_code            = {{#property:P473}}
 | website              = {{Official URL}}
 | footnotes            = 
}}

'''Varde Municipality''' ({{langx|da|Varde Kommune}}) is a ''[[Municipalities of Denmark|kommune]]'' in the [[Region of Southern Denmark]] on the west coast of the [[Jutland]] peninsula in southwest [[Denmark]]. Its mayor is Mads Sørensen, a member of the [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]] (Liberal Party) [[Politics of Denmark|political party]]. The main town and site of its municipal council is the town of [[Varde]]. It covers an area of 1255.79&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> with a population of 49,410 (2025).

On 1 January 2007 Varde municipality was, as a result of [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007)]], merged with the existing [[Blaabjerg]], [[Blåvandshuk]], most of [[Helle municipality|Helle]] (Grimstrup parish, a part of the former Helle Municipality, merged with [[Esbjerg Municipality]]), and [[Ølgod]] municipalities to form a new Varde municipality. [[Årre, Denmark|Årre]] is also located in Varde.

== Locations ==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-right:1em"
|-
| [[Varde]] || align="center"| 14,000
|-
| [[Ølgod]] || align="center"| 3,800
|-
| [[Oksbøl]] || align="center"| 2,800
|-
| [[Tistrup]] || align="center"| 1,400
|-
| [[Nørre Nebel]] || align="center"| 1,350
|-
| [[Agerbæk]] || align="center"| 1,300
|-
| [[Alslev]] || align="center"| 1,300
|-
| [[Ansager]] || align="center"| 1,300
|}

==Politics==
Varde's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has six political committees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vardekommune.dk/kommunen/byraad-og-dagsordener/byraad-og-udvalg/|title=Byråd og udvalg}}</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="12"| 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:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Lokallisten|{{font color|white|L}}}}'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Lokallisten 2017|{{font color|white|L}}}}'''
|style="background:#F4D44D;"|'''[[Danish People's Party|{{font color|white|O}}]]'''
|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]]
|4
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|3
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"|
|8
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|16
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|31
|73.5%
|rowspan="2"|Gylling Haahr (V)
|-
|[[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]
|5
|2
|2
|2
|1
|13
|rowspan="4"|25
|66.2%
|-
|[[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]
|4
|1
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|
|2
|15
|1
|73.4%
|rowspan="2"|Erik Buhl Nielsen (V)
|-
|[[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]
|6
|1
|1
|1
|2
|2
|12
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|72.4%
|-
|[[2021 Danish local elections|2021]]
|6
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|5
|1
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|10
|68.4%
|rowspan="1"|Mads Sørensen (V)
|-
|colspan="16"|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/kp84733573.htm 2021]
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* 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 neighbors: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011050224/http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.vardekommune.dk/ Municipality's official website]
* [http://www.varde.dk Varde portal]
* [http://www.visitwestdenmark.com/ Varde Official Tourist Information]
* [http://www.visitwestdenmark.com/denmark-attractions/varde.html Varde Attractions] - museums and other sites of interest in Varde

{{Varde Municipality}}
{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Varde
 | N  = [[Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality|Ringkøbing-Skjern]] ([[Central Denmark Region|Midtjylland]])
 | E  = [[Billund Municipality|Billund]]
 | SE = [[Vejen Municipality|Vejen]]
 | S  = [[Fanø]], [[Esbjerg Municipality|Esbjerg]]
 | W  = ''[[North Sea]]''
}}
{{Municipalities of Denmark}}
{{Authority control}}

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