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Haderslev Municipality
Haderslev Municipality (Danish: Haderslev Kommune, German: Kommune Hadersleben) is a town and municipality on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in the Region of Southern Denmark. It includes the island of Årø as well as several other smaller islands in the Little Belt. The municipality covers 701.98 km (271 sq mi) and has a population of 55,438 (2024). Its mayor is Mads Skau, representing the Venstre political party. Following the Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), Haderslev municipality was merged on 1 January that year with the former municipalities of Gram and Vojens, as well as Bjerning, Hjerndrup, and Fjelstrup parishes of Christiansfeld Municipality and Bevtoft parish of Nørre Rangstrup Municipality.

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.

The waters of Haderslev Fjord cut into the municipality from the Little Belt, dividing the city north-to-south, becoming Haderslev Dam west of the city centre. Årø Strait (Årøsund) separates the bulk of the municipality from the island of Årø, and the two are connected by ferry service between the town of Årøsund on the mainland and the town of Årø on the island.

Locations

Haderslev 21,994
Vojens 7,579
Gram 2,526
Starup 2,486
Over Jerstal 1,103
Sommersted 1,073
Hammelev 1,013
Marstrup 779
Bevtoft 749
Hoptrup 685

The city of Haderslev

Main article: Haderslev

The main town and the site of the municipal council is the city of Haderslev.

North Schleswig Germans

Haderslev Municipality is home to the only officially recognised ethno-linguistic minority of Denmark proper, the North Schleswig Germans. This minority makes up about 6% of the total population of the municipalities of Aabenraa/Apenrade, Haderslev/Hadersleben, Sønderborg/Sonderburg and Tønder/Tondern. In these four municipalities, the German minority enjoys certain linguistic rights in accordance with the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

Politics

Haderslev's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has 11 political committees.

Municipal council

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

Election Party Total
seats 		Turnout Elected
mayor
A B C D F I K O S V Ø
2005 13 1 1 1 2 13 31 73.3% Hans Peter Geil (V)
2009 14 1 2 2 1 11 69.6% Jens Christian Gjesing (A)
2013 9 2 1 1 4 1 11 2 74.1% Hans Peter Geil (V)
2017 10 1 1 1 2 4 1 9 2 73.4%
2021 10 1 5 2 1 1 1 9 1 68.3% Mads Skau (V)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021

Notable people

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark

Haderslev is twinned with:

Sources

References

  1. ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities
  2. ^ "Vi er landets mest ambitiøse business region" [We are the country's most ambitious business region] (in Danish). trekantomraadet.dk. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Tal og statistik" [Figures and Statistics] (in Danish). Byregion Østjylland. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Politiske udvalg". Haderslev Kommune (in Danish). Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Dagsordener og referater: 13 Venskabsbysamarbejder". haderslev.dk (in Danish). Haderslev Kommune. 2019-01-21. Archived from the original on 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
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