Horsens is a Danish municipality in east Jutland, named after its main city Horsens. The municipality is the second largest in Vejle County after Kolding. The city is currently undergoing a positive development with new industry moving to Horsens, or expanding their activities already in Horsens. A lot of electronics and graphical companies are based here. Horsens also has Denmark's only Industry Museum.

In recent years, a lot of work has been done to improve cultural activity. A lot of internationally known artists, like Joe Cocker, Bob Dylan, Tom Jones, Bryan Adams, David Bowie, José Carreras, Helmut Lotti , Westlife and Robbie Williams have performed, or have performances planned in Horsens.

European route E45 runs through the city of Horsens.

Population

Number of inhabitants as of January 1:

• 1980 - 54,533
• 1985 - 54,461
• 1990 - 55,210
• 1995 - 55,252
• 1999 - 56,595
• 2000 - 56,803
• 2003 - 57,651

External links

• Official municipality website (In Danish)
• Horsens city official website (In Danish)
• Horsens New Theatre (In Danish)