Editing Vejen Municipality

{{Infobox settlement
 | name                 = Vejen Municipality
 | settlement_type      = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]]
 | native_name          = {{native name|da|Vejen Kommune}}
 | nickname             = 
 | motto                = 
 | image_skyline        = Rådhuspladsen, Vejen 1.jpg
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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     = 42702 
 | 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            = 
}}

'''Vejen Municipality''' ({{langx|da|Vejen Kommune}}) is a ''[[Municipalities of Denmark|kommune]]'' in the [[Region of Southern Denmark]] on the [[Jutland]] peninsula in south [[Denmark]]. The municipality covers an area of 817&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and has a total population of 42,702 (2025). Its mayor is Frank Schmidt-Hansen, representing the [[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Conservative People's Party]]..

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}}</ref>

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of [[Vejen]]. One of the attractions of the area is the [[Vejen Art Museum]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Museumsv%C3%A6sen/Kunstmuseer/Museer,_Danmark/Vejen_Kunstmuseum|title=Vejen Kunstmuseum|encyclopedia=Den Store Danske|access-date=23 November 2014 |language=da}}</ref>

==History==
On 1 January 2007 Vejen municipality was, as the result of [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007)]], merged with [[Brørup]], [[Holsted]], and [[Rødding]] municipalities to form an enlarged Vejen municipality. 
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== Locations in Vejen Municipality ==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-right:1em"
|-
| [[Vejen]] || align="center"| 9,800 
|-
| [[Brørup]] || align="center"| 4,500
|-
| [[Holsted]] || align="center"| 3,100
|-
| [[Rødding]] || align="center"| 2,600
|-
| [[Jels, Denmark|Jels]] || align="center"| 2,000
|-
| [[Askov, Denmark|Askov]] || align="center"| 1,900
|-
| [[Skodborg]] || align="center"| 1,300
|-
| [[Bække]] || align="center"| 1,000
|-
| [[Gesten]] || align="center"| 950
|-
| [[Store Andst]] || align="center"| 800
|}
{{Further|topic=the village|Brændstrup}}

==Politics==
Vejen's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has nine political committees.<ref>{{cite web |title=Byråd og politiske udvalg |url=https://vejen.dk/politik/byraad-og-politiske-udvalg/ |website=Vejen 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="10"| 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:#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:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Lokallisten|{{font color|white|L}}}}'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Liberal Borgerliste|{{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]]
|8
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"|
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"|
|1
|14
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|
|rowspan="5"|27
|70.4%
|rowspan="4"|[[Egon Fræhr]] (V)
|-
|[[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]
|8
|4
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"|
|2
|11
|67.2%
|-
|[[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]
|6
|4
|1
|1
|3
|12
|72.5%
|-
|[[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]
|8
|4
|1
|1
|2
|10
|1
|71.9%
|-
|[[2021 Danish local elections|2021]]
|8
|6
|1
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" |
|1
|1
|9
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" |
|68.3%
|Frank Schmidt-Hansen (C)
|-
|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/K84733575.htm 2021]
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://www.vejenkom.dk|Municipality's official website}}
* [http://www.vejenkunstmuseum.dk/English/frame%20proeve.htm Vejen Art Museum]

{{Vejen Municipality}}
{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Vejen
 | N  = [[Billund Municipality|Billund]]
 | NE = [[Vejle Municipality|Vejle]]
 | E  = [[Kolding Municipality|Kolding]]
 | S  = [[Haderslev Municipality|Haderslev]]
 | W  = [[Esbjerg Municipality|Esbjerg]]
 | NW = [[Varde Municipality|Varde]]
}}
{{Municipalities of Denmark}}
{{Authority control}}

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