Aarhus Municipality
Municipality in Central Denmark, Denmark / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aarhus Municipality (Danish: Aarhus Kommune), known as Århus Municipality (Danish: Århus Kommune) until 2011, is a kommune in the Central Denmark Region, on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark.
Aarhus Municipality
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Coordinates: 56°10′00″N 10°15′00″E | |
Country | Denmark |
Region | Central Denmark |
Seat | Aarhus |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jacob Bundsgaard |
Area | |
• Total | 469.56 km2 (181.30 sq mi) |
Population (1. January 2023)[1] | |
• Total | 361,544 |
• Density | 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC2 (CEST) |
Website | www |
The municipality covers an area of 469.56 km2 (181.30 sq mi), and has a population of 361,544 as of 2023.[1] The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Aarhus.[2] Neighbouring municipalities are Syddjurs to the north, Favrskov to the northwest, Skanderborg to the southwest, and Odder to the south.
Aarhus Municipality was not merged with other municipalities in the nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007) due to its already relatively large size and population.
The municipality is part of Business Region Aarhus and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.[3][4]