Holstebro Municipality
Template:Infobox settlement Holstebro Municipality (Template:Langx) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covers an area of Template:Cvt, and has a population of 59,201 (1. January 2025). Its mayor is H. C. Østerby, a member of the Social Democratic party.
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Holstebro.
On 1 January 2007 Holstebro municipality was, due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing Ulfborg-Vemb and Vinderup municipalities to form the new Holstebro municipality.
Holstebro is also known for its infamous architecture style, and its architecture’s correlation to World War 2.
Locations
| Holstebro | 37,000 |
| Vinderup | 3,100 |
| Ulfborg | 2,000 |
| Tvis | 1,300 |
| Vemb | 1,300 |
| Nørre Felding | 730 |
| Skave | 500 |
| Sevel | 480 |
| Borbjerg | 450 |
The town of Holstebro
Template:Main The town of Holstebro, has a population of 34,241 (2011). It is situated on both sides of Storåen ("The Large Creek"). Holstebro is a member of the Douzelage twinning ring of towns.
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Square at the pedestrianized high street (Danish: gågade) in central Holstebro. -
Sculpture in central Holstebro by Vadestedet. -
Park in central Holstebro.
Politics
Municipal council
Holstebro's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Template:Font color]] | [[Danish Social Liberal Party|Template:Font color]] | [[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Template:Font color]] | [[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|Template:Font color]] | [[Christian Democrats (Denmark)|Template:Font color]] | [[Danish People's Party|Template:Font color]] | [[Venstre (Denmark)|Template:Font color]] | |||||||
| 2005 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 70.5% | Arne Lægaard (V) | |||
| 2009 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 75.5% | H. C. Østerby (A) | |||||
| 2013 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 78.5% | |||||||
| 2017 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 75.8% | ||||||
| 2021 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 71.9% | ||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021 | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Helge Nissen (1871–1926), operatic bass-baritone, conductor and film actor
- Eugenio Barba (born 1936) founder of the Odin Teatret and International School of Theatre Anthropology
Twin towns – sister cities
Template:See also Holstebro is a member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of towns across the European Union.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Div col
- Template:Flagicon Agros, Cyprus
- Template:Flagicon Altea, Spain
- Template:Flagicon Asikkala, Finland
- Template:Flagicon Bad Kötzting, Germany
- Template:Flagicon Bellagio, Italy
- Template:Flagicon Bundoran, Ireland
- Template:Flagicon Chojna, Poland
- Template:Flagicon Granville, France
- Template:Flagicon Houffalize, Belgium
- Template:Flagicon Judenburg, Austria
- Template:Flagicon Kőszeg, Hungary
- Template:Flagicon Marsaskala, Malta
- Template:Flagicon Meerssen, Netherlands
- Template:Flagicon Niederanven, Luxembourg
- Template:Flagicon Oxelösund, Sweden
- Template:Flagicon Preveza, Greece
- Template:Flagicon Rokiškis, Lithuania
- Template:Flagicon Rovinj, Croatia
- Template:Flagicon Sesimbra, Portugal
- Template:Flagicon Sherborne, England, United Kingdom
- Template:Flagicon Sigulda, Latvia
- Template:Flagicon Siret, Romania
- Template:Flagicon Škofja Loka, Slovenia
- Template:Flagicon Sušice, Czech Republic
- Template:Flagicon Tryavna, Bulgaria
- Template:Flagicon Türi, Estonia
- Template:Flagicon Zvolen, Slovakia
Holstebro also has one other twin town:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flagicon Brașov, Romania
References
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
- Template:Official Template:In lang
- Holstebro tourist bureau Template:Webarchive
- Peter Schaufuss Ballet (in Danish)
- Odin Teatret - performance art theater (limited English language)
- Holstebro Art Museum
- Holstebro Museum
- Holstebro Boldklub (in Danish)
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