- Grindsted Municipality
Until
January 1 2007 , Grindsted municipality was a municipality (Danish, "kommune") inRibe County on theJutland peninsula in south-westDenmark . The municipality covered an area of 382 km², and had a total population of 17,379 (2005). Its latest mayor was Ib Kristensen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The site of its municipal council was the town of Grindsted. The municipality's motto was "Grindsted - Vi har det hele" which means "Grindsted - We have it all".The town of Grindsted has good schools and good educational possibilities, and a well-built
infrastructure for cars and pedestrians. It lies in the center of Denmark.Grindsted municipality ceased to exist as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged into the existing
Billund municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 536 km² and a total population of 26.103(2006).External links
* [http://www.billund.dk Municipality's official website]
References
* Municipal statistics: [http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta] , delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/region/media/nyekommuner.shtml Eniro new municipalities map]
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