Herning Municipality

Herning Municipality Herning Kommune (Danish)
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°08′00″N 8°59′00″E
Country	Denmark
Region	Central Denmark
Seat	Herning
Government
• Mayor	Dorte West
Area
• Total	1,322.87 km2 (510.76 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2024)
• Total	89,848
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC2 (CEST)
Website	www.herning.dk

Herning Municipality (Danish: Herning Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,322.87 km² (510.76 sq mi) and has a population of 89,848 (1 January 2024). Its mayor is Dorte West, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) 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 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

Herning	50,531
Sunds	4,235
Vildbjerg	4,017
Aulum	3,273
Kibæk	2,699
Gullestrup	2,008
Sønder Felding	1,436
Sørvad	1,117

The city of Herning

Main article: 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 Municipal Reform of 2007.

Election	Party									Total seats	Turnout	Elected mayor
	A	B	C	F	H	K	O	V	Ø
2005	5	2	1	1		2	1	19		31	73.7%	Lars Krarup (V)
2009	4	1	1	3		1	1	20			71.1%
2013	4	2		1		1	3	19	1		75.3%
2017	5	1	2	1		1	1	19	1		74.2%
2021	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	17			68.8%	Dorte West (V)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 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 twinned with:

• Arsuk, Greenland
• Countryside, Åland Islands, Finland
• Eiði, Faroe Islands
• Holmestrand, Norway
• Husby, Germany
• Kangasala, Finland
• Siglufjörður, Iceland
• Vänersborg, Sweden

See also

• Sinddinggaard

References

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
• Searchable/printable municipal map: Krak mapsearch (outline of municipality visible but doesn't print out)

External links

• Herning municipality's official website (in Danish)
• Destination Herning tourism information