{{More citations needed|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Ribe County |native_name = {{native name|da|Ribe Amt}} |settlement_type = County of Denmark |image_shield = File:Ribe amt coa.svg |image_map = DenmarkRibe.png |mapsize = 200px |map_caption = Ribe County in Denmark |seat = Ribe |area_total_km2 = 3132 |population_as_of = 2006 |population_total = 224261 |population_density_km2 = auto }}
'''Ribe County''' ({{Langx|da|Ribe Amt}}) is a former county (Danish: ''amt'') on the Jutland peninsula of southwest Denmark.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ribe Amt en del af Europa |url=http://aei.pitt.edu/34820/1/A839.pdf |publisher=European Commission |date=1994 |language=da}}</ref> It included Denmark's fifth largest city, Esbjerg. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007,<ref>{{cite web |title=Ribe Amtskommune |url=https://lex.dk/Ribe_Amtskommune |website=Lex |access-date=2 June 2025 |language=da}}</ref> 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== {| class="wikitable" |- ! From || To || County Mayor |- | April 1, 1970 || November 15, 1972 || Kaj Knudsen (Venstre) |- | 1972 || 1989 || {{ill|Frode Madsen|da}} (Venstre) |- | 1990 || 1993 || Poul Erling Christensen (Conservative) |- | 1994 || December 31, 2006 || {{ill|Laurits Tørnæs|da}} (Venstre) |}
==Municipalities (1970-2006)== {{colbegin}} *Billund *Blaabjerg *Blåvandshuk *Bramming *Brørup *Esbjerg *Fanø *Grindsted *Helle *Holsted *Ribe *Varde *Vejen *Ølgod {{colend}}
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{{Counties of Denmark}} {{Authority control}} {{coord|55|22|52|N|10|26|07|E|region:DK_type:adm1st_source:kolossus-kowiki|display=title}} Category:Former counties of Denmark (1970–2006) Category:Region of Southern Denmark {{SouthernDK-stub}}