Esbjerg Municipality

Template:Infobox settlement Esbjerg Municipality (Template:Langx, Template:IPA) is a kommune in the Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Jesper Frost Rasmussen, from the Venstre (Center-Right Party) political party. By 1 January 2007, the old Esbjerg municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with the former Bramming and Ribe and a small part of Helle municipalities to form the new Esbjerg municipality. This municipality has an area of 741 km² (286 sq. miles) and a total population of 115,157 (2025).

Overview

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Esbjerg, the fifth largest city in Denmark.

Neighboring municipalities with land connection are Tønder to the south, Haderslev to the southeast, Vejen to the east, and Varde to the north. The neighboring municipality to the west is Fanø, an island municipality located in Fanø Bay (Fanø Bugt). Beyond the island of Fanø and Fanø Bay is the North Sea.

Locations

Largest cities and villages in Esbjerg Municipality<ref>Danmarks Statistikbank</ref>
Name	Population (2024)
Esbjerg	71,505
Ribe	8,295
Bramming	7,267
Tjæreborg	2,876
Gørding	1,758
Tarp	1,663
Andrup	1,460
Egebæk	1,107
Gredstedbro	1,063
Guldager	973

Infrastructure

Rail

Esbjerg Municipality has 13 railway stations, which forms a dense network, compared to other municipalities in Denmark, despite its many rural towns.

List of stations in Esbjerg Municipality<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

	Station	Departing Passengers	Departing trains	Largest destination
1	Template:Rws	753,060	32,736	Template:Rws
2	Template:Rws	252,685	45,508	Template:Rws
3	Template:Rws	127,894	15,135	Template:Rws
4	Template:Rws	50,724	19,971	Template:Rws
5	Template:Rws	45,130	19,973
6	Template:Rws	44,818	19,969	Template:Rws
7	Template:Rws	41,063	10,561	Template:Rws
8	Template:Rws	30,790	19,969	Template:Rws
9	Template:Rws	29,911	19,977	Template:Rws
10	Template:Rws	23,869	19,977	Template:Rws
11	Template:Rws	21,731	14,336	Template:Rws
12	Template:Rws	9,829	19,969	Template:Rws
13	Template:Rws	8,861	19,977	Template:Rws

Politics

Esbjerg's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has seven political committees.<ref>Politiske råd og udvalg</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]]	[[New Right (Denmark)|Template:Font color]]	Template:Tooltip	[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|Template:Font color]]	[[Danish People's Party|Template:Font color]]	[[Venstre (Denmark)|Template:Font color]]	[[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|Template:Font color]]
2005	10	1	1			3	1	15		31	65.8%	Johnny Søtrup (V)
2009	10		1			5	2	13			61.3%
2013	9		1			2	2	15	2		68.9%
2017	11	1	1		1	2	3	11	1		69.1%	Jesper Frost Rasmussen (V)
2021	9	1	3	1		3	1	13			64.2%
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021

Twin towns – sister cities

Template:See also Esbjerg is twinned with:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Div col

• Template:Flagicon Eskilstuna, Sweden
• Template:Flagicon Fjarðabyggð, Iceland
• Template:Flagicon Jyväskylä, Finland
• Template:Flagicon Qeqqata, Greenland
• Template:Flagicon Stavanger, Norway
• Template:Flagicon Suzhou, China
• Template:Flagicon Szczecin, Poland
• Template:Flagicon Tórshavn, Faroe Islands

References

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map

External links

• Esbjerg's official information portal
• Esbjerg municipality's official website
• The new Esbjerg municipality's official website (Danish only) Template:Webarchive
• Esbjerg Tourism Bureau's website
• SDU Esbjerg
• AAU Esbjerg Template:Webarchive
• The Peace movement of Esbjerg