Esbjerg Municipality
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Overview
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Esbjerg, the fifth largest city in Denmark.
Neighboring municipalities with land connection are Tønder to the south, Haderslev to the southeast, Vejen to the east, and Varde to the north. The neighboring municipality to the west is Fanø, an island municipality located in Fanø Bay (Fanø Bugt). Beyond the island of Fanø and Fanø Bay is the North Sea.
Locations
| Largest cities and villages in Esbjerg Municipality[1] | ||||
| Name | Population (2024) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esbjerg | 71,505 | |||
| Ribe | 8,295 | |||
| Bramming | 7,267 | |||
| Tjæreborg | 2,876 | |||
| Gørding | 1,758 | |||
| Tarp | 1,663 | |||
| Andrup | 1,460 | |||
| Egebæk | 1,107 | |||
| Gredstedbro | 1,063 | |||
| Guldager | 973 | |||
Infrastructure
Rail
Esbjerg Municipality has 13 railway stations, which forms a dense network, compared to other municipalities in Denmark, despite its many rural towns.
| Station | Departing Passengers | Departing trains | Largest destination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Rws | 753,060 | 32,736 | Template:Rws |
| 2 | Template:Rws | 252,685 | 45,508 | Template:Rws |
| 3 | Template:Rws | 127,894 | 15,135 | Template:Rws |
| 4 | Template:Rws | 50,724 | 19,971 | Template:Rws |
| 5 | Template:Rws | 45,130 | 19,973 | |
| 6 | Template:Rws | 44,818 | 19,969 | Template:Rws |
| 7 | Template:Rws | 41,063 | 10,561 | Template:Rws |
| 8 | Template:Rws | 30,790 | 19,969 | Template:Rws |
| 9 | Template:Rws | 29,911 | 19,977 | Template:Rws |
| 10 | Template:Rws | 23,869 | 19,977 | Template:Rws |
| 11 | Template:Rws | 21,731 | 14,336 | Template:Rws |
| 12 | Template:Rws | 9,829 | 19,969 | Template:Rws |
| 13 | Template:Rws | 8,861 | 19,977 | Template:Rws |
Politics
Esbjerg's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has seven political committees.[3]
Municipal council
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2005 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 31 | 65.8% | Johnny Søtrup (V) | ||||
| 2009 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 61.3% | |||||||
| 2013 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 68.9% | ||||||
| 2017 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 69.1% | Jesper Frost Rasmussen (V) | |||
| 2021 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 64.2% | |||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021 | |||||||||||||
Twin towns – sister cities
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- Template:Flagicon Eskilstuna, Sweden
- Template:Flagicon Fjarðabyggð, Iceland
- Template:Flagicon Jyväskylä, Finland
- Template:Flagicon Qeqqata, Greenland
- Template:Flagicon Stavanger, Norway
- Template:Flagicon Suzhou, China
- Template:Flagicon Szczecin, Poland
- Template:Flagicon Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
References
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
- Esbjerg's official information portal
- Esbjerg municipality's official website
- The new Esbjerg municipality's official website (Danish only) Template:Webarchive
- Esbjerg Tourism Bureau's website
- SDU Esbjerg
- AAU Esbjerg Template:Webarchive
- The Peace movement of Esbjerg
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- ↑ Danmarks Statistikbank
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