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Byen Herning er beliggende i Danmarks Region Midtjylland.

Det er Herning Kommunes administrative sæde og har en befolkning på mere end 47.000.

Det er Danmarks 11. tættest befolkede område.

Byen har eksisteret siden begyndelsen af 1800-tallet, da regionens befolkning voksede hurtigt.

Nye landmænd i Herning havde brug for tjenesteydelser og varer, så byen blev et stort handelscenter for regionen.

Efter en del år spillede byen en stor rolle i tekstilindustrien, da mange vævere opførte deres forretninger i byen.

I dag er Hernings industrielle base dog ganske varieret.

Byen blev en købstad i 1913 og har vundet prisen for Danmarks Bedste By to gange, en gang i 1965 og igen i 2003.

Messecenteret Herning, som er Skandinaviens største udstillingscenter, er vært for utallige handels messer hvert år, så Hernings ry som en handelsmesseby er fast cementeret.

Ud over messer, er centeret også vært for teaterforestillinger, koncerter, sportsbegivenheder og andre store begivenheder.

Mere end 900.000 mennesker besøger messecenteret hvert år.

Centret har flere områder, herunder MCH Herning Kongrescenter, som er kompleksets oprindelige hal.

Hvert år bliver næsten 200 arrangementer afholdt inde i den store sal.

Den har et amfiteater, som kan rumme mere end tusind mennesker.

Der er planer undervejs for en større ekspansion til centeret.

Vision 20215 bygger på en motorvejsudvidelse, en kolonne-fri udstillingsbygning, en arena, og et stadion, samt biografer, en forretningspark og endda en hestevæddeløbsbane.

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The city of Herning is located in Denmark's Region Midtjylland.

It's Herning Municipality's administrative seat and has a population of more than 47,000.

It is Denmark's 11th most populous area.

The city has been in existence since the early 1800s when the region's population was growing rapidly. New farmers in the Herning area needed services and goods, so the city became a major commerce center for the region.

After many years, the city played a major role in the textile industry as weavers set up shop in the town.

Today however, Herning's industrial base is quite diversified.

The city became a market town in 1913 and has won Denmark's City of the Year contest twice in the past, once in 1965 and again in 2003.

Messecenter Herning, which is Scandanavia's biggest exhibition center, plays host to numerous trade fairs every year, so Herning's reputation as a trade fair town is firmly cemented.

In addition to trade fairs, the center also hosts theater performances, concerts, sporting events, and other major events.

More than 900,000 people visit the exhibition center every year.

The center has several venues inside of it, including MCH Herning Kongrescenter, which is the complex's original hall.

Almost 200 events are held inside the main hall every year.

It has an amphitheater which can hold more than a thousand people.

Currently there are plans underway for a major expansion at the center.

Vision 20215 calls for a highway expansion, a column-free exhibition hall, an arena, and a stadium, as well as movie theaters, a business park, and even a horse racetrack.

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