Until January 1, 2007 Helle municipality was a municipality (Danish

Danish language

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...

, kommune) in Ribe County

Ribe County

Ribe Amt is a former county on the Jutland peninsula of southwest Denmark. It included Denmark's fifth largest city, Esbjerg. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region of Southern Denmark .-List of County Mayors:-Municipalities :...

 on the Jutland

Jutland

Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...

 peninsula in southwest Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. The municipality covered an area of 281 km², and had a total population of 8,319 (2005). Its last mayor was Gylling Haahr, a member of the Venstre

Venstre (Denmark)

VenstreThe party name is officially not translated into any other language, but is in English often referred to as the Liberal Party. Similar rules apply for the name of the party's youth wing Venstres Ungdom. , full name Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti , is the largest political party in Denmark...

 (Liberal Party) political party

Politics of Denmark

The Politics of Denmark takes place in a framework of a parliamentary, representative democratic, constitutional monarchy, in which the Prime Minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system...

. The main town and site of its municipal council was the town of Årre

Arre

Arre is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 40 km southwest of Venice and about 25 km south of Padua. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,067 and an area of 12.4 km²....

.

Helle municipality ceased to exist due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing Blaabjerg

Blaabjerg

Until January 1, 2007, Blaabjerg was a municipality in Ribe County on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 254 km², and had a total population of 6,509 . Its latest mayor was Preben Olesen...

, Blåvandshuk

Blåvandshuk

Blåvandshuk is a headland on the North Sea coast of Jutland northwest of Esbjerg, and is the westernmost point of metropolitan Denmark.Before January 1, 2007, Blåvandshuk was also the name of a municipality that contained the headland. The municipality covered an area of 223 km², and had a...

, Varde

Varde

Varde Municipality is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Gylling Håhr, a member of the Venstre political party. The main town and site of its municipal council is the town of Varde. Its area is 1255.79 km²...

, and Ølgod

Ølgod

Ølgod is a town with a population of 3,950 and a former municipality in Varde municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark . The municipality covered an area of 247 km², and had a total population of 11,351...

 municipalities to form a new Varde Municipality in Region of Southern Denmark.

External links

• Varde municipality's official website (Danish only)