| Vejle Amt |
| Basic Facts |
| County seat |
Vejle |
| Area |
2,997 km² |
| Inhabitants |
360,921 (2006) |
| Map |
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Vejle Amt (English Vejle County) is a former county (Danish: amt) on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in southern Denmark. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it was divided between Region Midtjylland (i.e. Region Central Jutland) and Region Syddanmark (Region South Denmark). Vejle became the seat of the latter region.
List of County Mayors
| From |
To |
County Mayor |
| 1970 |
1974 |
Aksel Buhl |
| 1974 |
1993 |
Erling Tiedemann (Venstre) |
| 1994 |
December 31, 2006 |
Otto Herskind Jørgensen (Venstre) |
Municipalities (1970-2006)
Notable sites
The Jelling stones are archaeological treasures erected by Harald Bluetooth to honour his parents.[1] Encyclopedia Britannica considers the runic inscriptions as the most well known in Denmark.[2]
The Haraldskær Woman is a bog body interred in about 500 BC, discovered in a peat bog with a remarkable state of preservation.[3]
Citations
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