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Billund Kommune is a municipality (Danish
Danish language

Danish is one of the North Germanic languages , a sub-group of the Germanic languages branch of the Indo-European languages. It is spoken by around 6 million people, mainly in Denmark; the language is also used by the 50,000 Danes in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany where it holds the status of minority language....
, kommune) in Region Syddanmark
Region Syddanmark

Region Syddanmark is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties of Denmark with five larger regions....
 in the center of the Jutland Peninsula
Jutland Peninsula

The Jutland Peninsula or Cimbrian Peninsula is a peninsula in Europe. The names are derived from the Jutes and the Cimbri.The historic region of Jutland, the area that was covered by Codex Holmiensis covered the Jutland Peninsula area north of Eider River and included Funen, the North Jutlandic Island and other smaller islands....
 of Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
. Formerly the municipality belonged to Ribe County
Ribe County

Ribe Amt is a former Counties of Denmark on the Jutland peninsula of in southwest Denmark. It includes Denmark's fifth largest city, Esbjerg. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Syddanmark ....
. The new, merged municipality covers an area of 155 km²
Square kilometre

Square kilometre , symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI Units of measurement of surface area, the square metre, one of the SI derived units....
, and has a total population of 8,697 (2005). Its mayor is Preben Jensen, a member of the Venstre
Venstre (Denmark)

VenstreThe party name is officially not translated into any other language, but is in English often referred to as the Liberal Party....
 (Liberal Party) political party
Politics of Denmark

The Politics of Denmark takes place in a framework of a parliamentary system, representative democratic, constitutional monarchy, in which the Prime Minister of Denmark is the head of government, and of a multi-party system....
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Billund Kommune is a municipality (Danish
Danish language

Danish is one of the North Germanic languages , a sub-group of the Germanic languages branch of the Indo-European languages. It is spoken by around 6 million people, mainly in Denmark; the language is also used by the 50,000 Danes in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany where it holds the status of minority language....
, kommune) in Region Syddanmark
Region Syddanmark

Region Syddanmark is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties of Denmark with five larger regions....
 in the center of the Jutland Peninsula
Jutland Peninsula

The Jutland Peninsula or Cimbrian Peninsula is a peninsula in Europe. The names are derived from the Jutes and the Cimbri.The historic region of Jutland, the area that was covered by Codex Holmiensis covered the Jutland Peninsula area north of Eider River and included Funen, the North Jutlandic Island and other smaller islands....
 of Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
. Formerly the municipality belonged to Ribe County
Ribe County

Ribe Amt is a former Counties of Denmark on the Jutland peninsula of in southwest Denmark. It includes Denmark's fifth largest city, Esbjerg. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Syddanmark ....
. The new, merged municipality covers an area of 155 km²
Square kilometre

Square kilometre , symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI Units of measurement of surface area, the square metre, one of the SI derived units....
, and has a total population of 8,697 (2005). Its mayor is Preben Jensen, a member of the Venstre
Venstre (Denmark)

VenstreThe party name is officially not translated into any other language, but is in English often referred to as the Liberal Party....
 (Liberal Party) political party
Politics of Denmark

The Politics of Denmark takes place in a framework of a parliamentary system, representative democratic, constitutional monarchy, in which the Prime Minister of Denmark is the head of government, and of a multi-party system....
. The site of its municipal council is the town of Grindsted
Grindsted

Grindsted was the site of the municipal council of now abolished Grindsted Municipality, Denmark....
, which is the largest town in the municipality followed by the city of Billund
Billund, Denmark

Billund is a town in Billund Municipality, Region Syddanmark, Denmark with a population of approximately 6,000 .Billund is a company town, the home of the Lego Group headquarters....
.

The municipality is also a part of the East Jutland metropolitan area
East Jutland metropolitan area

East Jutland metropolitan area can rightly be described as a functional coherent urban area linked by both the infrastructure and labour across municipal boundaries, with more than 1.2 million people living in the region it represents approximately 23% of Denmark's population and is the second largest coherent urban area after the Copenhagen met...
 with 1.2 million inhabitants. .

On January 1, 2007 due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007)
Municipalities of Denmark

Legal foundation of municipalitiesThe Constitution of Denmark states: "Article 82. The right of municipalities to manage their own affairs independently, under State supervision, shall be laid down by statute."...
, the old Billund municipality was combined with the former Grindsted Municipality
Grindsted municipality

Until January 1 2007, Grindsted municipality was a municipality in Ribe County on the Jutland Peninsula in south-west Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 382 km?, and had a total population of 17,379 ....
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