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Ribe County Ribe Amt (Danish)

Basic Facts
County seat	Ribe
Area	3,132 km²
Inhabitants	224,261 (2006)
Map

Ribe County (Danish: Ribe Amt) is a former county (Danish: amt) on the Jutland peninsula of southwest Denmark. It included Denmark's fifth largest city, Esbjerg. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region of Southern Denmark (i.e. Region South Denmark). It was often considered coterminous with South West Jutland (Danish: Sydvestjylland).

List of County Mayors

From	To	County Mayor
April 1, 1970	November 15, 1972	Kai Knudsen (Venstre)
1972	1989	Frode Madsen (Venstre)
1990	1993	Poul Erling Christensen (Conservative)
1994	December 31, 2006	Laurits Tørnæs (Venstre)

Municipalities (1970-2006)

References

55°22′52″N 10°26′07″E / 55.38111°N 10.43528°E / 55.38111; 10.43528

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