Jelling Municipality

In 2007 it merged into the newly formed Vejle municipality.

The Jelling municipality covered an area of 89 km2, and had a total population of 5,697 (2005).

This created a municipality with an area of 1,055 km2 and a total population of 82,935 (2005).

The new municipality belongs to Region of Southern Denmark.

Located in the former Jelling municipality are the runic gravestones— the Jelling stones, the burial mounds, and church which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.

Runeside of Harald Bluetooth 's great Jelling stone at the church in Jelling, Denmark.