Rebild Municipality Explained

Rebild Municipality
Flag Size:120x80px
Subdivision Type:Country
Established Title:Established
Leader Title:Mayor
Population As Of:1. January 2024
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:30937
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Rebild Municipality (Danish: Rebild Kommune) is a kommune in the North Jutland Region of Denmark. It covers an area of 628 km2 and has a total population of 30,937 (2024).

On 1 January 2007, Rebild Municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Nørager, Skørping and Støvring.

Danes and descendants of emigrants have celebrated the U.S. Independence Day with barbecues, square dancing and country music outside Rebild, a village 155 miles northwest of Copenhagen. The land that today comprises Rebild National Park, south of Aalborg, was bought by Americans of Danish descent and donated to the people and nation of Denmark with a single codicil- that July 4 be celebrated there every year. There are speeches and fireworks and parades, attended by Americans and Danes. It is a pretty amusing approximation of US celebrations.

There is also a small museum called The Lincoln Blokhuset (Log Cabin) that is far grander than anything Abraham Lincoln lived in until he was elected president.

Locations

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1,000
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Politics

Municipal council

Rebild's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years.

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

ElectionPartyTotal
seats
TurnoutElected
mayor
20056121121112575.7%Anny Winther (V)
2009721222973.9%
201343212327180.8%Leon Sebbelin (B)
201753342878.5%
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

See also

References

Notes and References

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