Blaabjerg


Until January 1, 2007, Blaabjerg was a municipality in Ribe County on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 254 km2, and had a total population of 6,509. Its latest mayor was Preben Olesen. The site of its municipal council was the town of Nørre Nebel.
The municipality was created in 1970 due to a kommunalreform that combined the following parishes: Henne, Kvong, Lunde, Lydum, Lønne, Nørre Nebel, and Ovtrup Parish.
Blaabjerg municipality ceased to exist due to Kommunalreformen. It was merged with the former Blåvandshuk, Helle, Varde, and Ølgod municipalities to form a new Varde municipality.
Blaabjerg and the city of Nørre Nebel is home to a landing station where multiple transatlantic telephone cable systems are terminated, including TAT-14, CANTAT-3 and DANICE.