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Aarhus County or Ã…rhus County ( da, Ã…rhus Amt) is a former county of Denmark (
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: ''amt
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...
'') on the Jutland peninsula
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. It was created in 1970 by a merger of three counties: Ã…rhus, Randers and Skanderborg. The county was abolished effective 1 January 2007, when almost all of it merged into Region Midtjylland
The Central Denmark Region ( da, Region Midtjylland), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid Jutland, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish muni ...
(i.e. ''Region Central Jutland''). A very small portion was merged into Region Nordjylland
The North Jutland Region ( da, Region Nordjylland), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the tra ...
(''Region North Jutland''). At the time of its abolishment, more than 20,000 people worked for the county.
Municipalities (1970-2006)
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