Billund Municipality

Billund Municipality (Template:Langx) is a 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 km², and has a total population of 27,168 (2025). Its mayor is Stephanie Storbank, a member of Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.<ref>Facts about Billund Template:Webarchive</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.

On 1 January 2007, as a result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), approved by the lawmakers in Folketinget 16 June 2005, and, after the signature by 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 15 November 2005, which was the regular date of elections once every four years.

The municipality is part of the Triangle Region and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.<ref name="Culture Metropolis">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="East Jutland">Template:Cite web</ref>

Locations

Cities and villages in Billund Municipality<ref>Danmarks Statistikbank</ref>
Name	Population (2024)
Grindsted	9,745
Billund	7,307
Sønder Omme	1,710
Vorbasse	1,261
Hejnsvig	1,003
Filskov	706
Stenderup	642

Politics

Billund's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has five political committees.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Municipal council

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Election	Party								Total seats	Turnout	Elected mayor
	[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Template:Font color]]	[[Danish Social Liberal Party|Template:Font color]]	[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Template:Font color]]	Template:Tooltip	[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|Template:Font color]]	Template:Tooltip	[[Danish People's Party|Template:Font color]]	[[Venstre (Denmark)|Template:Font color]]
2005	7		3				1	14	25	71.1%	Ib Kristensen (V)
2009	6	1	3		3		2	10		67.7%
2013	7		2	1			2	13		74.1%
2017	7	2	1	2			3	10		72.8%
2021	9		3			1	2	10		68.3%	Stephanie Storbank (V)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021

Economy

LEGO Group and Sun Air of Scandinavia have their head offices in Billund, Billund Municipality.<ref>"Locations Template:Webarchive." Lego Group. Retrieved on 16 March 2010.</ref><ref>"Contact Template:Webarchive." Sun Air of Scandinavia. Retrieved on 16 March 2010.</ref> The first Legoland has operated here since 1968.

Twin towns – sister cities

Template:See also Billund is twinned with:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• Template:Flagicon Hohenwestedt, Germany

Sources

• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
• Billund and western Denmark
• Nuha Ansari, John D. Rambow, Denmark: The Guide for All Budgets, Rambow, 2002, Fodor's Denmark, 224 pages Template:ISBN
• Hogan, C.Michael, Egtved Girl Barrow, The Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham 4 October, 2007

External links

• Official website Template:In lang
• VisitBillund - Official Touristguide - The perfect starting point for a good stay
• Lego braces for big changes, a July 2005 International Herald Tribune article
• Satellite image from Google Maps
• Trekantomraadet - Association formed by the six municipalities in the area: Billund, Fredericia, Kolding, Middelfart, Vejen and Vejle Template:In lang
• Region of Southern Denmark's official website Template:In lang