Esbjerg Municipality

Esbjerg Municipality (Dens pronunciation: [ˈɛsˌbjaɐ̯ˀ]) is a municipality (Dens, kommune) in Region o Southern Denmark on the wast coast o the Jutland peninsulae in soothwast Denmark. Its mayor is Johnny Søtrup, frae the Venstre (Center-Right Pairty) poleetical pairty. Bi 1 Januar 2007, the auld Esbjerg municipality wis, as the result o Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" o 2007), mergit wi the umwhile Bramming an Ribe municipalities tae form the new Esbjerg municipality. This municipality haes an aurie o 741 km² (286 sq. miles) an a tot population o 114,244 (2008). Owerview The main toun an the steid o its municipal cooncil is the ceety o Esbjerg, the fift lairgest ceety in Denmark. Neebourin municipalities wi land connection are Tønder tae the sooth, Haderslev tae the southeast, Vejen tae the east, an Varde tae the north. The neebourin municipality tae the wast is Fanø, an island municipality locatit in Fanø Bay (Fanø Bugt). Ayont the island o Fanø an Fanø Bay is the North Sea. References Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta Archived 2007-08-12 at the Wayback Machine, delivered frae KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data) Municipal mergers an neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine Freemit airtins Media relatit tae Esbjerg at Wikimedia Commons Esbjerg's offeecial information portal Esbjerg municipality's offeecial wabsteid