Brande Municipality

Brande Municipality

Until January 1, 2007, Brande municipality was a municipality (Danish, "kommune") 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 (2005). Its last mayor was Preben Christensen. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Brande.

The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a "kommunalreform" ("Municipality Reform") that Blåhøj and Brande parishes.

Brande municipality ceased to exist as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was be merged with Ikast and Nørre-Snede municipalities to form the new Ikast-Brande municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 768 km² and a total population of 39,371 (2005). The new municipality belongs to the Region Midtjylland ("Mid-Jutland Region").

External links

* [http://www.ikast-brande.dk The new Ikast-Brande municipality's official website (Danish only)]
* [http://www.brande-turist.dk/ Brande tourist bureau]

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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