Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality
Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality
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Ringkøbing | |
Location in Denmark | |
| Coordinates: 56°00′36″N 8°23′48″E / 56.01°N 8.3967°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Central Jutland |
| Established | 1 January 2007 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hans Østergaard |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,485 km2 (573 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2025) | |
• Total | 55,582 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (97/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
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 55,582 (1. January 2025) 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.