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

Danish language

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, kommune

Municipalities of Denmark

This is a list of Municipalities of Denmark.-Region Hovedstaden:* Albertslund Municipality* Allerød Municipality* Ballerup Municipality* Bornholm Regional Municipality* Brøndby Municipality* Copenhagen Municipality* Dragør Municipality* Egedal Municipality...

) in the former Vejle County

Vejle County

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 on the Jutland

Jutland

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 peninsula in southeast Denmark

Denmark

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. The municipality covered an area of 102 km², and had a total population of 7,456 (2005). Its last mayor was Mike Legarth, a member of the Conservative People's Party

Conservative People's Party (Denmark)

The Conservative People's Party , also known as Conservatives is a Danish political party.-History:The party was founded 1915 based mostly on its predecessor, Højre , but also on the Free Conservatives and a moderate faction of Venstre , the liberals.The party has participated in several coalition...

 (Det Konservative Folkeparti).

The main city and the site of its municipal council was the town of Vamdrup

Vamdrup

Vamdrup is a town in the Region of Southern Denmark, near Kolding in Denmark with a population of 5,075 .-History:Three oak coffins were uncovered from graves in the Bronze Age mound Guldhøj in Holt near Vamdrup in 1891, and are now on display at the National Museum .After the Second War of...

.

The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing parish

Parish

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es:

• Hjarup Parish
• Vamdrup Parish
• Ødis Parish

Vamdrup municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Christiansfeld

Christiansfeld

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, Kolding

Kolding Municipality

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, and Lunderskov

Lunderskov municipality

Until January 1, 2007 Lunderskov municipality was a municipality in Vejle County near the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in southeast Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 96 km², and had a total population of 5,478 . Its last mayor was Hans Peter Andersen, a member of the Venstre ...

 municipalities to form a new Kolding municipality

Kolding Municipality

Kolding municipality is a municipality in Region Syddanmark on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in southeast Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 640 km², and has a total population of 87,781 . Its mayor is Jørn Pedersen, a member of the Liberal Party political party...

. This created a municipality with an area of 640 km² and a total population of 86,102 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region of Southern Denmark.