Egtved Municipality
Until 1 January 2007, Egtved municipality was a municipality in Vejle County on the Jutland peninsula in southeast Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 325 km2, and had a total population of 15,302. Its last mayor was Sonny Berthold, a member of the Venstre political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Egtved.
The municipality was created in 1970 due to a kommunalreform that combined the following parishes: Bredsten, Egtved, Jerlev, Nørup, Randbøl, Vester Nebel, Ødsted, and Øster Starup parishes.
Egtved municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen. It was merged with Børkop, Give, Jelling, and Vejle municipalities to form a new Vejle municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 1,055 km2 and a total population of 82,935. The new municipality belongs to Region of Southern Denmark.
