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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Horsens Municipality

| settlement_type = Municipality

| native_name = {{native name|da|Horsens Kommune}}

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| image_skyline = Træskibe i Horsens - panoramio.jpg

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| image_flag = Banner of Horsens, Denmark.svg

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| map_caption = Location in Denmark

| coordinates = {{coord|format=dms|region:DK_type:city|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Denmark

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Central Denmark

| established_title = Established

| established_date = {{#property:P571}}

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = {{#property:P6}}

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| area_total_km2 = 515.2

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| population_as_of = 1. January 2025

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| population_footnotes = [https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY2?lang=en BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities] The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark

| population_total = 97921

| population_density_km2= auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

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| postal_code = {{#property:P281}}

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Horsens Municipality ({{langx|da|Horsens Kommune}}) is a municipality (Danish: kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Endelave, and covers an area of 515.2 km2. It has a population of 97,921 (2025). Its mayor is Peter Sørensen, a member of the Social Democratic party. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Horsens.

History

The municipality was created in 1970 due to a {{lang|da|kommunalreform}} ("Municipal Reform") that combined the city of Horsens with a number of existing parishes:

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  • Endelave Parish
  • Hansted Parish
  • Hatting Parish
  • Kloster Parish
  • Lundum Parish
  • Nebel Parish
  • Sønderbro Parish
  • Tamdrup Parish
  • Torsted Parish
  • Tyrsted Parish
  • Uth Parish
  • Vær Parish

}}

On 1 January 2007 Horsens Municipality was, as the result of the Municipal Reform of 2007, merged with existing Brædstrup (except for Voerladegård Parish) and Gedved municipalities to form a new Horsens municipality.

The municipality is part of Business Region Aarhus and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://businessregionaarhus.com/our-partnership/our-partnership/what-is-business-region-aarhus//|title=What is Business Region Aarhus|publisher=businessregionaarhus.dk|access-date=15 January 2019}}{{cite web|title=Tal og statistik|trans-title=Figures and Statistics|url=http://www.byregionoestjylland.dk/Statistik.html|publisher=Byregion Østjylland|access-date=25 April 2016|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427191257/http://byregionoestjylland.dk/Statistik.html|archive-date=27 April 2016|url-status=dead}}

Geography

In the northern part of Horsens municipality near the town of Yding, the second highest natural point of terrain in Denmark, namely Yding Skovhøj at 170.77 metres (560.27 ft), is situated, immediately west of the highest and third-highest points of natural terrain in Skanderborg municipality.

= Locations =

class="wikitable" style="margin-right:1em"
Horsensalign="center"| 63,200
Brædstrupalign="center"| 4,000
Lundalign="center"| 3,200
Egebjergalign="center"| 3,000
Østbirkalign="center"| 2,600
Gedvedalign="center"| 2,400
Hovedgårdalign="center"| 2,300
Hattingalign="center"| 1,900
Søvindalign="center"| 1,000

Politics

=Municipal council=

Horsens' municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2"| Election

! colspan="9"| Party

! rowspan="2"| Total
seats

! rowspan="2"| Turnout

! rowspan="2"| Elected
mayor

style="background:#B5211D;"|Social Democrats (Denmark)

|style="background:#843A93;"|Danish Social Liberal Party

|style="background:#89A920;"|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)

|style="background:#004450;"|New Right (Denmark)

|style="background:#C9096C;"|Socialist People's Party (Denmark)

|style="background:#1CB1B7;"|Liberal Alliance (Denmark)

|style="background:#F4D44D;"|Danish People's Party

|style="background:#254C85;"|Venstre (Denmark)

|style="background:#FF0000;"|Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)

2005

|16

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"|

|2

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"|

|1

|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|

|1

|11

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|

|31

|69.0%

|rowspan="2"|Jan Trøjborg (A)

2009

|12

|1

|3

|1

|2

|8

|rowspan="4"|27

|62.3%

2013

|13

|1

|1

|1

|3

|7

|1

|70.5%

|rowspan="3"|Peter Sørensen (A)

2017

|13

|1

|1

|1

|3

|7

|1

|68.5%

2021

|12

|1

|3

|1

|1

|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|

|1

|7

|1

|63.8%

colspan="16"|Data from [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2005/adk.htm Kmdvalg.dk 2005], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2009/adk.htm 2009], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2013/Default.htm 2013], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2017/KMDValgKV.html 2017] and [https://kmdvalg.dk/KV/2021/K84713615.htm 2021]

Notable people

  • Peder Skram (ca.1503 in Urup - 1581) a Danish Admiral and naval hero {{cite EB1911|wstitle=Skram,_Peder |volume= 25 |short=x}}
  • Søren Frich (1827 in Nim Parish, Bolund manor – 1901) a Danish engineer, factory owner and city Councillor who built the Frichs company in Aarhus
  • Mary Westenholz (1857 in Mattrup – 1947) an influential Danish Unitarian, women's rights activist, writer and editor
  • Anders Christian Jensen-Haarup (1863 in Nim – 1934) a Danish entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera
  • Brian Priske (14. 5. 1977 - ) coach of the football team Sparta Prague - league champion 2022/2023

References

{{reflist}}

Sources

  • Municipal statistics: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070812152043/http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta], delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
  • Municipal mergers and neighbors: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011050224/http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]
  • Printable/searchable municipal maps: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071005153127/http://kort.krak.dk/borgerdk.kortsoegning/imapDKbig.asp Krak mapsearch](outline visible but doesn't print out!)

External links

{{Commons category}}

  • {{cite EB1911|wstitle=Horsens |volume= 13 |short= x}}
  • [http://www.horsenskom.dk/ Municipality's official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815093247/http://www.horsenskom.dk/ |date=2016-08-15 }} {{in lang|da}}

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{{Horsens Municipality}}

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Horsens

| N = Skanderborg

| E = Odder

| S = Hedensted

| W = Ikast-Brande

| NW = Silkeborg

}}

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{{Municipalities of Denmark}}

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