Ikast-Brande Municipality Explained

Ikast-Brande Municipality
Flag Size:120x80px
Subdivision Type:Country
Established Title:Established
Leader Title:Mayor
Population As Of:1. January 2024
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:42737
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Ikast-Brande Municipality (Danish: Ikast-Brande Kommune) is a municipality (Danish: kommune) in Region Midtjylland in Denmark. It covers an area of 733.69 km2 and has a population of 42,737 (1. January 2024).

On 1 January 2007 Ikast-Brande municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Brande, Ikast, and Nørre-Snede.

Locations

16,000
7,400
2,400
2,000
1,800
1,600

Politics

Municipal council

Ikast-Brande's municipal council consists of 23 members, elected every four years.

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

ElectionPartyTotal
seats
TurnoutElected
mayor
20056218282773.9%Carsten Kissmeyer (V)
20095218272571.4%
2013615292375.3%
20176323972.5%Ib Lauritsen (V)
202165122766.7%
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY2?lang=en BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities