Ikast-Brande Municipality (Danish: Ikast-Brande Kommune) is a municipality (Danish: kommune) in Region Midtjylland in Denmark.
It covers an area of 733.69 km2 and has a population of 42,540 (1. January 2023).
Ikast-Brande Municipality Ikast-Brande Kommune (Danish) | |
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Coordinates: 56°08′27″N 9°09′06″E / 56.1408°N 9.1517°E | |
Country | Denmark |
Region | Central Denmark |
Established | 1 January 2007 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ib Boye Lauritsen |
Area | |
• Total | 736.41 km2 (284.33 sq mi) |
Population (1. January 2023) | |
• Total | 42,540 |
• Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | www |
On 1 January 2007 Ikast-Brande municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Brande, Ikast, and Nørre-Snede.
Ikast | 16,000 |
Brande | 7,400 |
Bording | 2,400 |
Engesvang | 2,000 |
Nørre Snede | 1,800 |
Ejstrupholm | 1,600 |
Ikast-Brande's municipal council consists of 23 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
Election | Party | Total seats | Turnout | Elected mayor | ||||||||||
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A | C | D | F | K | L | O | V | |||||||
2005 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 73.9% | Carsten Kissmeyer (V) | |||||
2009 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 71.4% | ||||||
2013 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 75.3% | |||||||
2017 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 72.5% | Ib Lauritsen (V) | |||||||
2021 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 66.7% | |||||||
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021 |
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