Blaabjerg
Blaabjerg is a municipality (
Danish,
kommune) in
Ribe County on the east coast of the
Jutland peninsula in southwest
Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 254
km², and has a total population of 6,509 (2005). Its mayor is Preben Olesen.
The site of its municipal council is the town of Nørre Nebel.
Neighboring municipalities are
Varde to the east,
Egvad and
Holmsland to the north, and
Blåvandshuk to the south. To the west is the
North Sea.
The municipality was created in 1970 due to a
kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing parishes:
* Henne Parish
* Kvong Parish
* Lunde Parish
* Lydum Parish
* Lønne Parish
* Nørre Nebel Parish
* Ovtrup Parish
By
January 1,
2007 Blaabjerg municipality will cease to exist due to
Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It will be merged with existing
Blåvandshuk,
Helle,
Varde, and
Ølgod municipalities to form a new Varde municipality.
*
Municipality's official website*
The new Varde municipality's official website (Danish only)* Municipal statistics:
NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)* Municipal mergers and neighbors:
Eniro new municipalities map
