Gram municipality
Encyclopedia : G : GR : GRA : Gram municipality
Gram is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in South Jutland County on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 131 km², and has a total population of 4,860 (2005). Its mayor is Hans Peter Geil, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.
The site of its municipal council is in the town of Gram.
Neighboring municipalities are Vojens to the east, Rødding to the north, Ribe_County and Skærbæk to the west, and Nørre-Rangstrup to the south.
By January 1, 2007 Gram municipality will cease to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It will be merged with existing Haderslev and Vojens municipalities, as well as Bjerning, Hjerndrup, Fjelstrup og Bevtoft parishes of Christiansfeld municipality to form the new Haderslev municipality.
Attractions
Gram Castle was built in the period 1540-1750, and lies in a park which is open to the public. The castle itself is not available for touring.External links
- [Municipality's official website]
- [Gram toursim information]
- [The new Haderslev municipality's official website (Danish only)]
References
- Municipal statistics: [NetBorger Kommunefakta], delivered from [KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: [Eniro new municipalities map]
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.