Varde

Varde

Varde is a municipality (Danish, "kommune") in Region Syddanmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Gylling Håhr, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The main town and site of its municipal council is the town of Varde. Its area is 1255.79 km². It has a population of 50,125 (2008).

On January 1, 2007 Varde municipality was, due to "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing Blaabjerg, Blåvandshuk, most of Helle (Grimstrup sogn, a part of the former Helle Municipality, merged with Esbjerg), and Ølgod municipalities to form a new Varde municipality.

External links

* [http://www.vardekommune.dk/ Municipality's official website]
* [http://www.varde.dk Varde portal]
* [http://www.visitwestdenmark.com/ Varde Official Tourist Information]
* [http://www.visitwestdenmark.com/denmark-attractions/varde.html Varde Attractions] - museums and other sites of interest in Varde

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/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]


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