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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Herning Municipality
| native_name             = {{native name|da|Herning Kommune}}
| other_name              = 
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]]
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = Denmark
| subdivision_type1       = Region
| subdivision_name1       = [[Central Denmark Region|Central Denmark]]
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| leader_title1           = Mayor
| leader_name1            = Dorte West
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| seat                    = [[Herning]]
| seat_type               = Seat
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| population_as_of        = 1 January 2025
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'''Herning Municipality''' ({{langx|da|Herning Kommune}}) is a municipality ([[Danish language|Danish]], ''[[Commune (subnational entity)|kommune]]'') in [[Region Midtjylland]] on the [[Jutland]] peninsula in western [[Denmark]]. The municipality covers an area of {{cvt|1322.87|km2}} and has a population of 90,006 (1 January 2025). Its mayor is Dorte West, a member of the [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]] (Liberal Party) [[Politics of Denmark|political party]].

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the Town of [[Herning]].

==History==
On 1 January 2007, as the result of [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007)]], Herning municipality was merged with former [[Aulum-Haderup]], [[Trehøje]], and [[Aaskov]] municipalities to form the new Herning municipality.

== Locations ==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-right:1em"
|-
| [[Herning]] || align="center"| 50,531
|-
| [[Sunds]] || align="center"| 4,235
|-
| [[Vildbjerg]] || align="center"| 4,017
|-
| [[Aulum]] || align="center"| 3,273
|-
| [[Kibæk]] || align="center"| 2,699
|-
| [[Gullestrup]] || align="center"| 2,008
|-
| [[Sønder Felding]] || align="center"| 1,436
|-
| [[Sørvad]] || align="center"| 1,117
|}

===The city of Herning ===
{{main|Herning}}
The city of Herning has a population of 51,193 (1 January 2023). The town has grown rapidly in the 150 years: in 1840 the total population of the village of Herning was just 21.

==Politics==

===Municipal council===
Herning's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|Municipal Reform of 2007]].

{| class="wikitable" 
! rowspan="2"| Election
! colspan="9"| Party
! rowspan="2"| Total<br/>seats
! rowspan="2"| Turnout
! rowspan="2"| Elected<br/>mayor
|-
|style="background:#B5211D;"|'''[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|{{font color|white|A}}]]'''
|style="background:#843A93;"|'''[[Danish Social Liberal Party|{{font color|white|B}}]]'''
|style="background:#89A920;"|'''[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|C}}]]'''
|style="background:#C9096C;"|'''[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|F}}]]'''
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Borgerlisten|{{font color|white|H}}}}'''
|style="background:#EC7D14;"|'''[[Christian Democrats (Denmark)|{{font color|white|K}}]]'''
|style="background:#F4D44D;"|'''[[Danish People's Party|{{font color|white|O}}]]'''
|style="background:#254C85;"|'''[[Venstre (Denmark)|{{font color|white|V}}]]'''
|style="background:#FF0000;"|'''[[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|{{font color|white|Ø}}]]'''
|-
|[[2005 Danish local elections|2005]]
|5
|2
|1
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"|
|2
|1
|19
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="5"|31
|73.7%
|rowspan="4"|Lars Krarup (V)
|-
|[[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]
|4
|1
|1
|3
|1
|1
|20
|71.1%
|-
|[[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]
|4
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|1
|1
|3
|19
|1
|75.3%
|-
|[[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]
|5
|1
|2
|1
|1
|1
|19
|1
|74.2%
|-
|[[2021 Danish local elections|2021]]
|4
|2
|2
|2
|2
|1
|1
|17
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|68.8%
|Dorte West (V)
|-
|colspan="14"|Data from [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2005/adk.htm Kmdvalg.dk 2005], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2009/adk.htm 2009], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2013/Default.htm 2013], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2017/KMDValgKV.html 2017] and [https://kmdvalg.dk/KV/2021/K84713657.htm 2021]
|}

==Notable people==
*[[Gudmund Hatt]] (1884–1960), archaeologist and cultural geographer

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark}}
Herning is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web|title=Venskabskontakter i Norden|url=http://www.norden-herning.dk/venskabsbyer.html|website=norden-herning.dk|publisher=Norden Herning|language=da|accessdate=2021-04-16|archive-date=2021-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417145242/https://www.norden-herning.dk/venskabsbyer.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|GRL}} [[Arsuk]], Greenland
*{{flagicon|ALA}} [[Countryside (Åland)|Countryside]], Åland Islands, Finland
*{{flagicon|FRO}} [[Eiði Municipality|Eiði]], Faroe Islands
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Holmestrand Municipality|Holmestrand]], Norway
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Husby, Germany|Husby]], Germany
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kangasala]], Finland
*{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Siglufjörður]], Iceland
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Vänersborg Municipality|Vänersborg]], Sweden
{{div col end}}

==See also==
* [[Sinddinggaard]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* Municipal statistics: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070812152043/http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta], delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011050224/http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]
* Searchable/printable municipal map: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071005153127/http://kort.krak.dk/borgerdk.kortsoegning/imapDKbig.asp Krak mapsearch] (outline of municipality visible but doesn't print out)

== External links ==
{{commons category|Herning Kommune}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070502103514/http://www.herningkommune.dk/ Herning municipality's official website] {{in lang|da}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080506092259/http://www.visitherning.com/uk/index.asp Destination Herning tourism information]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Herning
 | N  = [[Holstebro Municipality|Holstebro]]
 | NE = [[Viborg Municipality|Viborg]]
 | E  = [[Ikast-Brande Municipality|Ikast-Brande]]
 | S  = [[Billund Municipality|Billund]] ([[Region of Southern Denmark|Syddanmark]])
 | W  = [[Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality|Ringkøbing-Skjern]]
}}
{{Central Denmark Region}}
{{Municipalities of Denmark}}
{{Authority control}}

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