Varde Municipality
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Varde Municipality (Danish:Varde Kommune) is a kommune in the Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Mads Sørensen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The main town and site of its municipal council is the town of Varde. It covers an area of 1255.79km2 with a population of 49,468 (2026).
On 1 January 2007 Varde municipality was, as a result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with the existing Blaabjerg, Blåvandshuk, most of Helle (Grimstrup parish, a part of the former Helle Municipality, merged with Esbjerg Municipality), and Ølgod municipalities to form a new Varde municipality. Årre is also located in Varde.
Locations
Politics
Varde's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has six political committees.
Municipal council
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats | Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | F | I | K | L | L | O | V | Ø | ||||
| 2005 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 73.5% | Gylling Haahr (V) | ||||||||
| 2009 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 25 | 66.2% | |||||||
| 2013 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 73.4% | Erik Buhl Nielsen (V) | |||||||
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 72.4% | |||||||
| 2021 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 68.4% | Mads Sørensen (V) | |||||||
| Data from , , , and |
- Municipal statistics: , delivered from
- Municipal mergers and neighbors:
External links
- 2002-11-21 at theWayback Machine
- 2019-11-30 at theWayback Machine
- - museums and other sites of interest in Varde