Ribe County
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| Ribe Amt | |
 Ribe Amt's coat of arms. |
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| Basic Facts | |
| County seat | Ribe |
| Area | 3,132 km² |
| Inhabitants | 224,261 (2006) |
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Ribe Amt (English: Ribe County) is a former county (Danish: amt) on the Jutland peninsula of in southwest Denmark. It includes Denmark's fifth largest city, Esbjerg. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Syddanmark (i.e. Region South Denmark).
[edit] List of County Mayors
| From | To | County Mayor |
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| 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) |
[edit] Municipalities (1970-2006)
Regular counties: Copenhagen · Frederiksborg · Funen · North Jutland · Ribe · Ringkjøbing · Roskilde · South Jutland · Storstrøm · Vejle · Viborg · West Zealand · Århus
Municipalities with county privileges: Bornholm (local county abolished 2003) · Copenhagen · Frederiksberg
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