- Rødding
Rødding (German: "Rödding") is a town and a former municipality (Danish, "kommune") in
Vejen municipality inRegion Syddanmark on theJutland peninsula in southDenmark . The former Rødding municipality covered an area of 273 km², and had a total population of 10,915 (2005). Its last mayor was Tage Sørensen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a "kommunalreform" ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing
parish es:
* Hjerting Parish
* Jels Parish
* Lintrup Parish
* Rødding Parish
* Skodborg (German:"Schottburg"), Parish
* Skrave Parish
* Sønder Hygum (German:"Hügum"), Parish
* Øster Lindet (German:"Osterlinnet"), ParishOn
January 1 ,2007 Rødding municipality ceased to exist as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged withBrørup ,Holsted , andVejen municipalities to form the new Vejen municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 817 km² and a total population of 41,350 (2005). The new municipality belongs toRegion Syddanmark ("South Denmark Region").Rødding is the home of the oldest
folk high school in Denmark, Rødding Højskole.External links
* [http://www.vejenkom.dk/ Vejen municipality's official website (Danish only)]
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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