Ølgod

Ølgod is a railway town with a population of 3,827 (1 January 2020),[1] at the railroad between Esbjerg and Struer, which was the seat of the former Ølgod municipality (Danish, kommune) in Varde municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 247 km², and had a total population of 11,351 (2005). Its last mayor was Erik Buhl Nielsen, who is currently the mayor of Varde Municipality.

Ølgod church
Ølgod railway station

On January 1, 2007 Ølgod municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Blaabjerg, Blåvandshuk, Helle, and Varde municipalities to form a new Varde municipality.

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