Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality

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Ringkøbing-Skjern municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Denmark. It was formed on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 administrative reform from the former municipalities of Egvad, Holmsland, Ringkøbing, Skjern, and Videbæk. New figures concerning Regions and Municipalities of Denmark published by the Ministry of Economics, "Municipal Key Figures" (Danish: "De Kommunale Nøgletal" (www.noegletal.dk)), states the new municipality from 2011 as having an area of 1,494.56 square kilometres (577.05 sq mi), the largest municipality in Denmark by area. The total population was 57,148 (1 April 2014), according to Statistics Denmark (Danish:Danmarks Statistik) online statistics source: Statistikbanken.dk, "Befolkning og valg". Population density: 38 per square km. It is part of Region Midtjylland ("Region Central Jutland"). The Mayor of the Municipality is Iver Enevoldsen (since 2010), representing the political party Venstre.

The Church of Denmark has 46 parishes in the municipality.

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References

Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map

Coordinates: 56°00′36″N 8°23′48″E / 56.01°N 8.39667°E / 56.01; 8.39667

Central Denmark Region

Municipalities	Aarhus Favrskov Hedensted Herning Holstebro Horsens Ikast-Brande Lemvig Norddjurs Odder Randers Ringkøbing-Skjern Samsø Silkeborg Skanderborg Skive Struer Syddjurs Viborg

Cities and towns	Aarhus Hadsten Hedensted Herning Horsens Ikast Lemvig Grenå Odder Randers Ringkøbing Skjern Tranebjerg Silkeborg Skanderborg Skive Struer Ebeltoft Rønde Viborg Holstebro

Geographic features	Anholt Bay of Aarhus Djursland Ejer Bavnehøj Endelave Gudenåen Helgenæs Horsens Fjord Himmelbjerget Mols Bjerge National Park Mossø Møllehøj Nissum Fjord Northern Jutland Randers Fjord Ringkøbing Fjord Samsø Venø

Category

Municipalities of Denmark

List

Hovedstaden	Albertslund Allerød Ballerup Bornholm Brøndby Copenhagen Dragør Egedal Fredensborg Frederiksberg Frederikssund Furesø Gentofte Gladsaxe Glostrup Gribskov Halsnæs Helsingør Herlev Hillerød Hvidovre Høje-Taastrup Hørsholm Ishøj Lyngby-Taarbæk Rudersdal Rødovre Tårnby Vallensbæk

Midtjylland	Favrskov Hedensted Herning Holstebro Horsens Ikast-Brande Lemvig Norddjurs Odder Randers Ringkøbing-Skjern Samsø Silkeborg Skanderborg Skive Struer Syddjurs Viborg Aarhus

Nordjylland	Aalborg Brønderslev Frederikshavn Hjørring Jammerbugt Læsø Mariagerfjord Morsø Rebild Thisted Vesthimmerland

Sjælland	Faxe Greve Guldborgsund Holbæk Kalundborg Køge Lejre Lolland Næstved Odsherred Ringsted Roskilde Slagelse Solrød Sorø Stevns Vordingborg

Syddanmark	Aabenraa Ærø Assens Billund Esbjerg Faaborg-Midtfyn Fanø Fredericia Haderslev Kerteminde Kolding Langeland Middelfart Nordfyn Nyborg Odense Svendborg Sønderborg Tønder Varde Vejen Vejle

Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality

Towns & villages (by size)	Ringkøbing Skjern Videbæk Tarm Hvide Sande Lem Spjald Vorgod-Barde Tim Borris Søndervig

Localities	Bjerregård

Landmarks	Abeline's House Bundsbæk Watermill Brejninggaard Hotel Ringkøbing Ringkøbing Bank Ringkøbing Landbobank

Geography & nature	Holmlands Klit Ringkøbing Fjord Skjern River Skjern Å National Park Vest Stadil Fjord

Transport	Ringkøbing station

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