Until January 1, 2007 Ikast municipality was a municipality (Danish

Danish language

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...

, kommune

Municipalities of Denmark

This is a list of Municipalities of Denmark.-Region Hovedstaden:* Albertslund Municipality* Allerød Municipality* Ballerup Municipality* Bornholm Regional Municipality* Brøndby Municipality* Copenhagen Municipality* Dragør Municipality* Egedal Municipality...

) in Ringkøbing

Ringkjøbing County

Ringkjøbing Amt is a former county on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. It had the lowest population density of all the Danish counties. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Midtjylland Ringkjøbing Amt (English, Ringkjøbing County) is a former...

 on the Jutland

Jutland

Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...

 peninsula in west Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. The municipality covered an area of 294.3 km², and had a total population of 23,283 (2005). Its last mayor was Carsten Kissmeyer, 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. Similar rules apply for the name of the party's youth wing Venstres Ungdom. , full name Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti , is the largest political party in Denmark...

 (Liberal Party) political party

Politics of Denmark

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

. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Ikast

Ikast

Ikast is a Danish town in the Region Midtjylland. It has been part of the municipality of Ikast-Brande since 2007. It was the seat of the former Ikast Municipality.-External links:*...

.

The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

es:

• Bording Parish
• Engesvang Parish
• Ikast Parish
• Isenvad Parish

Ikast municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing Brande

Brande municipality

Until January 1, 2007, Brande municipality was a municipality in Ringkøbing on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 188 km², and had a total population of 8,822 . Its last mayor was Preben Christensen...

 and Nørre-Snede

Nørre-Snede municipality

Until 1 January 2007 Nørre-Snede was a municipality in the former Vejle County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 254 km², and had a total population of 7,266 . Its last mayor was Uffe Henneberg, a member of the Venstre political party...

 municipalities to form the new Ikast-Brande municipality

Ikast-Brande municipality

Ikast-Brande is a municipality in Region Midtjylland in Denmark. It covers an area of 768 km² and a total population of 39,893 ....

. This created a municipality with an area of 768 km² and a total population of 39,371 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region Midtjylland

Region Midtjylland

Central Denmark Region or Central Jutland Region is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities were merged into larger...

("Mid-Jutland Region").

External links

• Ikast-Brande municipality's official website