Skjern Municipality

Skjern Municipality is a former municipality in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality in Region Midtjylland near the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The former Skjern municipality covered an area of 327 km², and had a total population of 13,107.
The city has a population of 7,563 inhabitants.
The main town was Skjern.
Skjern municipality was created in 1970 due to a kommunalreform that combined the following, existing parishes:

Bølling Parish
Dejbjerg Parish
Faster Parish
Fjelstervang Parish
Hanning Parish
Skjern Parish
Stavning Parish
Sædding Parish
Sønder Borris Parish

On 1 January 2007 Skjern Municipality ceased to exist due to Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal [Reform 2007|Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007)]. It was merged with existing Egvad, Holmsland, Ringkøbing, and Videbæk municipalities to form the new Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 1,485 km² and a total population of 57,818.