Aalborg Municipality is a municipality in North Jutland Region on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark.Bridgwater, W. & Beatrice Aldrich. (1966) ''The Columbia-Viking Desk Encyclopedia''. Columbia University. p. 11. The municipality straddles the Limfjord, the waterway which connects the North Sea and the Kattegat east-to-west, and which separates the main body of the Jutland peninsula from the island of Vendsyssel-Thy north-to-south. It has a land area of and, , a population of 217,094.
It is also the name of the municipality's main city
Aalborg
Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of Aalb ...
and the site of its municipal council, as well as the name of a seaport.
The municipality and the town have chosen to retain the traditional spelling of the name as ''Aalborg'', although the new spelling ''Ålborg'' is used in other contexts, such as Ålborg Bight (''Ålborg Bugt''), the body of water which lies to the east of the Jutland peninsula.
Municipal reform of 2007
As of 1 January 2007 Aalborg municipality joined with the municipalities of Hals,
Nibe
Nibe is a town with a population of 5,433 (1 January 2022),Sejlflod to form a new Aalborg municipality. The former Aalborg municipality, including the island of Egholm, covered an area of , with a total population of 192,353 (2005). Its last mayor was Henning G. Jensen, a member of the Social Democrats (') political party. The former municipality was bordered by Sejlflod and Hals to the east, Dronninglund and
Brønderslev
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Støvring
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and
Skørping
Skørping is a railway town in Rebild Municipality in Region Nordjylland in the geographic region of the Jutland peninsula known as ''Himmerland'' in northern Denmark. The modern town has a population of 2,971 as of 1 January 2022;North Jutland County.
Geography
Surroundings
The waters in the Limfjord splitting the municipality are called Langerak to the east and '' Gjøl Bredning'' to the west. The island of Egholm is located in ''Gjøl Bredning'', and is connected by
ferry
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to the city of Aalborg at its southern shore.
The area is typical for the north of Jutland. To the west, the Limfjord broadens into an irregular lake (salt water), with low, marshy shores and many islands. Northwest is
Store Vildmose
Store Vildmose (lit.: Large Wild-bog) is bogland located in northern Jutland, Vendsyssel, about 20 km north-west of Aalborg. It is the remnant of an extensive raised peat bog, in large part drained by constructed canals in the early 20th centu ...
("Greater Wild bog"), a swamp where a mirage is sometimes seen in summer. Southeast lies the similar
Lille Vildmose
Lille Vildmose (meaning: “little wild bog”) is a raised bog also known as the East Himmerland Moor in the hinterland in the municipalities of Aalborg and Mariagerfjord, Denmark. It is the largest remaining raised bog in Northwestern Europe. T ...
("Lesser Wild bog"). Store Vildmose was drained and farmed in the beginning of the 20th century, and Lille Vildmose is now the largest moor in Denmark.
Urban areas in Aalborg Municipality
Aalborg
Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of Aalb ...
City has a total population of 123,432. The
metropolitan area
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is a
conurbation
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of the Aalborg urban area in Himmerland (102,312) and the urban area in (21,120).
Economy
North Flying
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Etymology
The word ''north'' is ...
has its head office on the property of
Aalborg Airport
Aalborg Airport ( da, Aalborg Lufthavn) is a dual-use (civilian/military) airport located in Nørresundby, Aalborg Municipality, Denmark, which is northwest of Aalborg.
Facilities
The airport is at an elevation of above mean sea level. It h ...
in , Aalborg Municipality.
Politics
Municipal council
Aalborg's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
Twin towns – sister cities
Aalborg is
twinned
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with 34 cities, more than any other city in Denmark. Every four years, Aalborg gathers young people from most of its twin towns for a week of sports, known as Ungdomslegene (Youth Games).
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The river of Säv ...
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