Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality is the largest municipality 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", state that the new municipality from 2011 had a total area, including some water, of 1,494.56 square kilometres (577.05 sq mi), the largest municipality in Denmark by area. The total population was 56,218 with a population density of 38 per square km. It is part of Region Midtjylland, also known as the Central Denmark Region. The Mayor of the Municipality since 2018 is Hans Østergaard (Venstre).