Ikast-Brande is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland in Denmark. It covers an area of 733.69 km2 and has a population of 40,620 (1 April 2014).
On 1 January 2007 Ikast-Brande municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen (“The Municipal Reform” of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Brande, Ikast, and Nørre-Snede.
Locations
| Ikast | 16,000 |
| Brande | 7,400 |
| Bording | 2,400 |
| Engesvang | 2,000 |
| Nørre Snede | 1,800 |
| Ejstrupholm | 1,600 |
Politics
Municipal council
Ikast-Brande’s municipal council consists of 23 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | C | F | K | L | O | V | |||||||
| 2005 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 73.9% | Carsten Kissmeyer (V) | ||||
| 2009 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 71.4% | |||||
| 2013 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 75.3% | ||||||
| 2017 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 72.5% | Ib Lauritsen (V) | ||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | |||||||||||||