Vejen Municipality

The municipality is part of Triangle Region and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Vejen. One of the attractions of the area is the Vejen Art Museum.

• Name — Vejen Municipality • Settlement Type — Municipality • Native Name — Vejen Kommune • Shield Size — 100x80px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Denmark • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Southern Denmark • Established Title — Established • Leader Title — Mayor • Area Total Km2 — match • Population As Of — 1 January 2026 • Population Total — 42641 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Timezone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2

On 1 January 2007 Vejen municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with Brørup, Holsted, and Rødding municipalities to form an enlarged Vejen municipality.

• Vejen — 9,800 • Brørup — 4,500 • Holsted — 3,100 • Rødding — 2,600 • Jels — 2,000 • Askov — 1,900 • Skodborg — 1,300 • Bække — 1,000 • Gesten — 950 • Store Andst — 800

Vejen's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has nine political committees.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007. • Election — Party — Total seats — Turnout — Elected mayor • white — white — white — white — white — ' — ' — white — white — white • 2005 — 8 — 2 — 1 — 1 — 1 — 14 — 27 — 70.4% — Egon Fræhr (V) • 2009 — 8 — 4 — 2 — 2 — 11 — 67.2% • 2013 — 6 — 4 — 1 — 1 — 3 — 12 — 72.5% • 2017 — 8 — 4 — 1 — 1 — 2 — 10 — 1 — 71.9% • 2021 — 8 — 6 — 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 — 9 — 68.3% — Frank Schmidt-Hansen (C) • Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021