Herning Municipality (Danish: Herning Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,322.87 km2 (510.76 sq mi) and has a population of 89,848 (1 January 2024). Its mayor is Dorte West, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.
Herning Municipality
Herning Kommune (Danish)
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| Coordinates: 56°08′00″N 8°59′00″E / 56.1333°N 8.9833°E / 56.1333; 8.9833 | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Central Denmark |
| Seat | Herning |
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| • Mayor | Dorte West |
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| • Total | 1,322.87 km2 (510.76 sq mi) |
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(1 January 2024)[1]
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| • Total | 89,848 |
| • Density | 68/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the Town of Herning.
On 1 January 2007, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), Herning municipality was merged with former Aulum-Haderup, Trehøje, and Aaskov municipalities to form the new Herning municipality.
| Herning | 50,531 |
| Sunds | 4,235 |
| Vildbjerg | 4,017 |
| Aulum | 3,273 |
| Kibæk | 2,699 |
| Gullestrup | 2,008 |
| Sønder Felding | 1,436 |
| Sørvad | 1,117 |
The city of Herning has a population of 51,193 (1 January 2023). The town has grown rapidly in the 150 years: in 1840 the total population of the village of Herning was just 21.
Herning's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
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| A | B | C | F | H | K | O | V | Ø | |||||
| 2005 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 31 | 73.7% | Lars Krarup (V) | |||
| 2009 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 71.1% | |||||
| 2013 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 75.3% | |||||
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 74.2% | ||||
| 2021 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 68.8% | Dorte West (V) | |||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021 | |||||||||||||
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