The Jelling municipality covered an area of 89 km2, and had a total population of 5,697 (2005).[citation needed] Its last mayor was Arne H. Sigtenbjerggaard, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Jelling.
The municipality was created in 1970 due to a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing parishes:
jelling, municipality, jelling, municipality, from, 1970, until, january, 2007, municipality, danish, kommune, vejle, county, jutland, peninsula, south, west, denmark, 2007, merged, into, newly, formed, vejle, municipality, runeside, harald, bluetooth, great, . Jelling municipality was from 1970 until 1 January 2007 a municipality Danish kommune in Vejle County on the Jutland peninsula in south west Denmark In 2007 it merged into the newly formed Vejle municipality Runeside of Harald Bluetooth s great Jelling stone at the church in Jelling Denmark Contents 1 History 1 1 Merger 1 2 Features 2 External links 3 ReferencesHistory editThe Jelling municipality covered an area of 89 km2 and had a total population of 5 697 2005 citation needed Its last mayor was Arne H Sigtenbjerggaard a member of the Venstre Liberal Party political party The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Jelling The municipality was created in 1970 due to a kommunalreform Municipality Reform that combined a number of existing parishes Hvejsel Parish Jelling Parish Kollerup Parish Vindelev Parish Merger edit Jelling municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen The Municipality Reform of 2007 It was merged with Borkop Egtved Give and Vejle municipalities to form a new Vejle municipality This created a municipality with an area of 1 055 km2 and a total population of 82 935 2005 The new municipality belongs to Region of Southern Denmark Features edit Located in the former Jelling municipality are the runic gravestones the Jelling stones the burial mounds and church which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 External links editVejle municipality s official website in Danish Jelling Stones at the World Heritage UNESCO websiteReferences editMunicipal statistics NetBorger Kommunefakta delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata Municipal Data Municipal mergers and neighbors Eniro new municipalities map 55 45 00 N 9 26 00 E 55 75000 N 9 43333 E 55 75000 9 43333 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jelling Municipality amp oldid 1018848896, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
