Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune (Danish)
Municipality
Ringkøbing
Coat of arms
Location in Denmark
Coordinates: 56°00′36″N 8°23′48″E / 56.01°N 8.3967°E / 56.01; 8.3967
Country	Denmark
Region	Central Jutland
Established	1 January 2007
Government
• Mayor	Hans Østergaard
Area
• Total	1,485 km2 (573 sq mi)
Population  (1. January 2023)[1]
• Total	56,348
• Density	38/km2 (98/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	www.rksk.dk

Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality (Danish: Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune) is the largest municipality (Danish, kommune) in Denmark. It was formed on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 administrative reform from the former municipalities of Egvad, Holmsland, Ringkøbing, Skjern, and Videbæk. New figures concerning Regions and Municipalities of Denmark published by the Ministry of Economics, "Municipal Key Figures" (Danish: "De Kommunale Nøgletal" (www.noegletal.dk)), state that the new municipality from 2011 had a total area, including some water, of 1,494.56 square kilometres (577.05 sq mi), the largest municipality in Denmark by area. The total population was 56,348 (1. January 2023)^[1] with a population density of 38 per square km. It is part of Region Midtjylland ("Region Central Jutland"), also known as the Central Denmark Region. The Mayor of the Municipality since 2018 is Hans Østergaard (Venstre).

The Church of Denmark has 46 parishes in the municipality.

Locations

Politics

Municipal council

Ringkøbing-Skjern's municipal council consists of 29 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

See also

• Hoven, Denmark

References

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map

External links

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• Official website
• The Ringkøbing Fjord area's official cooperation and tourism information website

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