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| name                    = Slagelse Municipality
| native_name             = Slagelse Kommune
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| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of Denmark (1970–2006)|Former municipality]]
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| subdivision_name2       = [[West Zealand County|West Zealand]]
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| leader_title          = Last mayor
| leader_party           = [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|A]]
| leader_name          = [[Lis Tribler]]
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| seat                    = [[Slagelse]]
| seat_type               = Seat
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| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = April 1, 1970
| established_title2      = Dissolved
| established_date2       = December 31, 2006
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}}Until January 1, 2007 '''Slagelse Municipality''' was a municipality ([[Danish language|Danish]]: ''[[List of municipalities of Denmark (1970–2006)|kommune]]'') in the former [[West Zealand County]], on the southwestern coast of the island of [[Zealand]], in eastern [[Denmark]]. The municipality covered an area of 192.00&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and had a total population of 37,141 (2006).  Its last mayor was Lis Tribler, a member of the [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]].
Slagelse Municipality bordered [[Korsør Municipality]] and [[Hashøj Municipality]] to the south and [[Sorø Municipality (1970-2006)|Sorø Municipality]] to the east. To the north, the municipality bordered [[Dianalund Municipality]], [[Høng Municipality]] and [[Gørlev Municipality]]. To the west it bordered the [[Great Belt]].
The municipality ceased to exist as the result of [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen 2007'' (the Municipality Reform of 2007)]]. It was merged with Hashøj, Korsør and [[Skælskør Municipality|Skælskør]] municipalities to form a new [[Slagelse municipality]]. The new municipality belongs to [[Region Zealand]].
==History==
Slagelse has existed since the 1000s, and coins have been minted there since [[Cnut the Great]]'s time. It was granted the status of [[market town]] by [[Eric V of Denmark|Eric V]] in 1288. Slagelse was an important location even before becoming a market town, with the ring castle of Trelleborg located next to the town. Slagelse's economy was mainly based on artisanry and tobacco.<ref>[http://ddb.byhistorie.dk/koebstaeder/by.aspx?koebstadID=54 Ddb.byhistorie.dk] "Slagelse" Retrieved 10 October 2020</ref>
In the Middle Ages, when Denmark was divided into [[Hundred (county division)|hundreds]], the area of Slagelse Municipality was under Slagelse Hundred. Slagelse Hundred came under [[Korsør County]] when it was established in 1662. It merged with [[Sorø County]] and [[Antvorskov County]] in 1798 to form a new Sorø County. This county lasted until the [[1970 Danish Municipal Reform]] where it merged with [[Holbæk County]] to create [[West Zealand County]] (Danish: ''Vestsjællands Amt''). After the 2007 municipal reform this changed to [[Region Zealand]].
From 1842, where parish municipalities were created, and until 1966 the area of Slagelse Municipality consisted of nine parish municipalities. Four of them were merged in 1966 to form Vestermose Parish Municipality. From 1875 and until 1970 the market town of Slagelse was a market town municipality. The parish municipalities and the market town municipality were merged in the [[1970 Danish Municipal Reform]] to form Slagelse Municipality.
In the Municipality Reform of 2007 Slagelse Municipality was merged with Skælskør, Hashøj and Korsør Municipality to form a new Slagelse Municipality.<ref>[https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Slagelse_Kommune Denstoredanske.lex.dk] "Slagelse Kommune" Retrieved 10 October 2020</ref>
===Historical divisions===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left:1em;" style="text-align: center
!colspan="99"|Historical municipal divisions of Slagelse Municipality
|-
! 2007
! 1970
! 1966
! 1875
! 1843
! 1842
! 1288
!Towns
|-
| rowspan="99"|{{tooltip|2=Slagelse Kommune, 2007-|[[Slagelse Municipality|Slagelse Mun.]]}}
| rowspan="12"|{{tooltip|2=Slagelse Kommune, 1970-2007|Slagelse Mun.}}
|colspan="2"|{{tooltip|2=Slagelse Købstadskommune, 1875-1970|Slagelse Market Town Mun.}}
|colspan="3"|{{tooltip|2=Slagelse Købstad, 1288-1875|Slagelse Market Town}}
|rowspan="3"|[[Slagelse]]
|-
|colspan="4"|{{tooltip|2=Sankt Mikkels Landsogns Sognekommune, 1842-1970|St. Michael's Rural Parish Mun.}}
|rowspan="11" style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|-
|colspan="4"|{{tooltip|2=Sankt Peders Landsogns Sognekommune, 1842-1970|St. Peter's Rural Parish Mun.}}
|-
|colspan="4"|{{tooltip|2=Havrebjerg Sognekommune, 1842-1970|Havrebjerg Parish Mun.}}
|[[Havrebjerg]]
|-
|colspan="4" rowspan="3"|{{tooltip|2=Stillinge Sognekommune, 1842-1970|Stillinge Parish Mun.}}
|[[Kirke Stillinge]]
|-
|[[Stillinge Strand]]
|-
|[[Kongsmark Strand]]
|-
|colspan="4"|{{tooltip|2=Hejninge Sognekommune, 1842-1970|Hejninge Parish Mun.}}
|Hejninge
|-
|rowspan="4"|{{tooltip|2=Vestermose Sognekommune, 1966-1970|Vestermose Parish Mun.}}
|colspan="3"|{{tooltip|2=Sønderup-Nordrupvester Sognekommune, 1842-1966|Sønderup-Nordrupvester Parish Mun.}}
|Sønderup
|-
|colspan="3"|{{tooltip|2=Gudum Sognekommune, 1842-1966|Gudum Parish Mun.}}
|Gudum
|-
|colspan="3"|{{tooltip|2=Sorterup-Ottestrup Sognekommune, 1842-1966|Sorterup-Ottestrup Parish Mun.}}
|Ottestrup
|-
|colspan="2"|{{tooltip|2=Kindertofte Sognekommune, 1843-1966|Kindertofte Parish Mun.}}
|{{tooltip|2=Pedersborg-Kindertofte Sognekommune, 1842-1843|Pedersborg-Kindertofte Parish Mun.<ref group=n>Also part of today's [[Sorø Municipality]].</ref>}}
|Kindertofte
|-
| {{tooltip|2=Skælskør Kommune, 1970-2007|[[Skælskør Municipality|Skælskør Mun.]]}}
|colspan="7" style="background:#E5E5E5;"|
|-
| {{tooltip|2=Hashøj Kommune, 1970-2007|[[Hashøj Municipality|Hashøj Mun.]]}}
|colspan="7" style="background:#E5E5E5;"|
|-
| {{tooltip|2=Korsør Kommune, 1970-2007|[[Korsør Municipality|Korsør Mun.]]}}
|colspan="7" style="background:#E5E5E5;"|
|}
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===Mayors===
Since the creation of the municipality in 1970 and until it was dissolved in 2007, the mayors of Slagelse Municipality were:<ref>[http://www.danskekommuner.dk/Borgmesterfakta/Gammel_struktur/Vestsjallands-Amt/Slagelse-Kommune/ Danskekommuner.dk] "Hashøj Kommune" Retrieved 10 October 2020</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! #
!Mayor
!Party
!Term
|-
|1 || Aage Nørgaard ||{{color box|#B5211D}} [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]]||1970-1986
|-
|2 || Steen Bach Nielen ||{{color box|#B5211D}} Social Democrats||1986-1994
|-
|3 || Jens Jørgensen ||{{color box|#89A920}} [[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Conservative People's Party]]||1994-1998
|-
|4 || [[Lis Tribler]] ||{{color box|#B5211D}} Social Democrats||1998-2007
|}
==Towns==
[[File:Slagelse - parti af Slagelse Museum.JPG|thumb|Slagelse Museum]]
The largest town in the municipality was by far Slagelse. Approximately 85% of the municipality's population lived in Slagelse. Of the remaining population, approximately 10% lived in rural areas. The last 5% lived in the towns of Havrebjerg and Kirke Stillinge. Notable smaller villages in the municipality included [[Stillinge Strand]] and [[Kongsmark Strand]].
Slagelse was located in the southern part of the municipality. The local museum, Slagelse Museum, was established in 1978. The museum has a focus on trade, artisanry and local history. [[Slagelse Station]] was built in 1892. <ref>[https://www.vestmuseum.dk/Default.aspx?ID=609 Vestmuseum.dk] "Handel og håndværk" Retrieved 11 October 2020</ref><ref>[https://danskejernbaner.dk/vis.station.php?FORLOEB_ID=48&content=Slagelse+Station+(Sg) Danskejernbaner.dk] "Slagelse Station (Sg)" Retrieved 11 October 2020</ref>
Below are the populations from 2006 of the three larger settlements of the municipality.<ref>[https://www.statistikbanken.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=1920 Statistikbanken.dk] "BEF44: Folketal 1. januar efter byområder, landdistrikter (AFSLUTTET)" Retrieved 11 October 2020</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:1em"
|-
| [[Slagelse]] || align="center"| 31,778
|-
| [[Kirke Stillinge]] || align="center"| 505
|-
| [[Havrebjerg]] || align="center"| 391
|}{{clearleft}}
==Politics==
===Municipal council===
Below are the municipal council elected from the municipality's creation in 1970 and until 2001, which was the last election before the municipality was dissolved.
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2"| Election
! colspan="10"| Party
! rowspan="2"| Total<br />seats
! rowspan="2"| Elected<br />mayor
|-
|style="background:#B5211D;"|'''[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|{{font color|white|A}}]]'''
|style="background:#843A93;"|'''[[Danish Social Liberal Party|{{font color|white|B}}]]'''
|style="background:#89A920;"|'''[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|C}}]]'''
|style="background:#912CEE;"|'''[[Centre Democrats (Denmark)|{{font color|white|D}}]]'''
|style="background:#C9096C;"|'''[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|F}}]]'''
|style="background:#9D1309;"|'''[[Communist Party of Denmark|{{font color|white|K}}]]'''
|style="background:#F4D44D;"|'''[[Danish People's Party|{{font color|white|O}}]]'''
|style="background:#254C85;"|'''[[Venstre (Denmark)|{{font color|white|V}}]]'''
|style="background:#E3CF57;"|'''[[Progress Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|Z}}]]'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Other|{{font color|white|...}}}}'''
|-
|[[1970 Danish local elections|1970]]
|10
|1
|3
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan=3|
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan=7|
|5
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|1
|rowspan=9|21
|rowspan=4|Aage Nørgaard (A)
|-
|[[1974 Danish local elections|1974]]
|8
|1
|2
|1
|3
|4
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan=4|
|-
|[[1978 Danish local elections|1978]]
|10
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|3
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan=7|
|3
|3
|2
|-
|[[1981 Danish local elections|1981]]
|9
|1
|4
|1
|2
|3
|1
|-
|[[1985 Danish local elections|1985]]
|9
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan=5|
|7
|2
|1
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|rowspan=2|	Steen Bach Nielen (A)
|-
|[[1989 Danish local elections|1989]]
|8
|6
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan=4|
|2
|1
|2
|-
|[[1993 Danish local elections|1993]]
|8
|8
|1
|4
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan=3|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan=2|
|Jens Jørgensen (C)
|-
|[[1997 Danish local elections|1997]]
|10
|6
|1
|1
|3
|rowspan=2|[[Lis Tribler]] (A)
|-
|[[2001 Danish local elections|2001]]
|9
|2
|1
|2
|4
|3
|-
|colspan=14|Data from [https://www.statistikbanken.dk/ Statistikbanken.dk] and editions of ''Kommunal Aarbog''
|}
==Parishes==
[[File:Sankt Mikkels Kirke Slagelse Denmark.jpg|thumb|Saint Michael's Church]]
The municipality consisted of thirteen parishes and fourteen churches.
* Antvorskov Parish ([[List of churches in Slagelse Municipality#Antvorskov Church|Antvorskov Church]])
* Gudum Parish ([[List of churches in Slagelse Municipality#Gudum Church|Gudum Church]])
* Havrebjerg Parish ([[List of churches in Slagelse Municipality#Havrebjerg Church|Havrebjerg Church]])
* Hejninge Parish ([[List of churches in Slagelse Municipality#Hejninge Church|Hejninge Church]])
* Kindertofte Parish ([[List of churches in Slagelse Municipality#Kindertofte Church|Kindertofte Church]])
* Nordrupvester Parish ([[List of churches in Slagelse Municipality#Nordrupvester Church|Nordrupvester Church]])
* Nørrevang Parish ([[List of churches in Slagelse Municipality#Nørrevang Church|Nørrevang Church]])
* Ottestrup Parish ([[List of churches in Slagelse Municipality#Ottestrup Church|Ottestrup Church]])
* Saint Michael's Parish ([[List of churches in Slagelse Municipality#Saint Peter's Church|Saint Peter's Church]])
* Saint Peter's Parish ([[List of churches in Slagelse Municipality#Saint Peter's Church|Saint Peter's Church]], [[List of churches in Slagelse Municipality#Holy Spirit Church|Holy Spirit Church]])
* Sorterup Parish ([[List of churches in Slagelse Municipality#Sorterup Church|Sorterup Church]])
* Kirke Stillinge Parish ([[List of churches in Slagelse Municipality#Stillinge Church|Stillinge Church]])
* Sønderup Parish ([[List of churches in Slagelse Municipality#Sønderup Church|Sønderup Church]])
==Symbols==
[[File:Coat of arms of Slagelse.svg|thumb|Coat of arms of Slagelse Municipality]]
The coat of arms of Slagelse Municipality was the same as that of the town of Slagelse. It features the town's patron [[Michael (archangel)|Saint Michael]] with the dragon, which is coloured green. He holds a white shield with a red cross. He is wearing a blue robe and white spear. His wings are white, as are the two towers on either side of him. The two towers represent the two churches in the town. The background is red.
==References==
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