Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality is the largest municipality (Danish, kommune) in Denmark. It was formed on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 administrative reform from the former municipalities of Egvad, Holmsland, Ringkøbing, Skjern, and Videbæk. New figures concerning Regions and Municipalities of Denmark published by the Ministry of Economics, "Municipal Key Figures" (Danish: "De Kommunale Nøgletal" (www.noegletal.dk)), state that the new municipality from 2011 had a total area, including some water, of 1,494.56 km2, the largest municipality in Denmark by area. The total population was 56,218 (1. January 2024) with a population density of 38 per square km. It is part of Region Midtjylland ("Region Central Jutland"), also known as the Central Denmark Region. The Mayor of the Municipality since 2018 is Hans Østergaard (Venstre). The Church of Denmark has 46 parishes in the municipality.

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Municipal council

Ringkøbing-Skjern's municipal council consists of 29 members, elected every four years. Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.