| Vejen Municipality | |
| Flag Size: | 120x80px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Population As Of: | 1. January 2024 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 42800 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Vejen Municipality (Danish: Vejen Kommune) is a kommune in the Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 817 km2, and has a total population of 42,800 (2024). Its mayor is Frank Schmidt-Hansen, representing the Conservative People's Party..
The municipality is part of Triangle Region and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.[2] [3]
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Vejen. One of the attractions of the area is the Vejen Art Museum.[4]
On 1 January 2007 Vejen municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with Brørup, Holsted, and Rødding municipalities to form an enlarged Vejen municipality.
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Vejen's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has nine political committees.[5]
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats | Turnout | Elected mayor | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 27 | 70.4% | Egon Fræhr (V) | |||||||
| 2009 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 67.2% | ||||||||||
| 2013 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 72.5% | |||||||||
| 2017 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 71.9% | ||||||||
| 2021 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 68.3% | Frank Schmidt-Hansen (C) | |||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021 | ||||||||||||||||