{{Short description|Former municipality of Denmark}} thumb|Vamdrup Municipality's location in Denmark, 1970–2006. '''Vamdrup municipality''' was a Danish municipality (Danish, ''kommune'') in the former Vejle County on the Jutland peninsula which existed from 1970 until 1 January 2007.
== History == The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of the 1970 Municipal reforms that merged the existing parishes of Hjarup, Vamdrup, and Ødis Parish. The main city and the site of its municipal council was the town of Vamdrup.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} By 2005, the municipality covered an area of 102 km<sup>2</sup>, and had a total population of 7,456.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kommunefakta|url=http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812152043/http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/|archive-date=12 August 2007|website=Kommunefakta|language=da}}</ref> Its last mayor was Mike Legarth, a member of the Conservative People's Party.
Vamdrup municipality ceased to exist as the result of The Municipality Reform of 2007). It was merged with Christiansfeld, Kolding, and Lunderskov municipalities to form a new Kolding municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 640 km<sup>2</sup> and an initial population of 86,102 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region of Southern Denmark.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Det nye Danmark: Find din nye kommune|url=http://kommune.eniro.dk/region/media/nyekommuner.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208085744/http://kommune.eniro.dk/region/media/nyekommuner.shtml|archive-date=8 December 2006|website=Enrio|language=da}}</ref> There is a small airport called Vamdrup Kolding Airport, were Danish Air Transport is based.
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Category:Former municipalities of Denmark