Ikast-Brande municipality
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Municipality
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(Danish
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, kommune) in Region Midtjylland
Region Midtjylland
Central Denmark Region or Central Jutland Region is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities were merged into larger...
in Denmark
Denmark
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. It covers an area of 768 km² and a total population
Population
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of 39,893 (2008).
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
Brande municipality
Until January 1, 2007, Brande municipality was a municipality in Ringkøbing on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 188 km², and had a total population of 8,822 . Its last mayor was Preben Christensen...
, Ikast
Ikast municipality
Until January 1, 2007 Ikast municipality was a municipality in Ringkøbing on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 294.3 km², and had a total population of 23,283 . Its last mayor was Carsten Kissmeyer, a member of the Venstre political party...
, and Nørre-Snede
Nørre-Snede municipality
Until 1 January 2007 Nørre-Snede was a municipality in the former Vejle County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 254 km², and had a total population of 7,266 . Its last mayor was Uffe Henneberg, a member of the Venstre political party...
.