Aarhus Municipality ( da, Aarhus Kommune), known as Århus Municipality ( da, Århus Kommune) until 2011, is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Central Denmark Region
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 mu ...
, on the east coast of the
Jutland
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peninsula in central
Denmark
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.
The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 349,983 as of 2020. The main town and the site of its
municipal council
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is the city of
Aarhus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...
.
Neighbouring municipalities are
Syddjurs to the north,
Favrskov to the northwest,
Skanderborg
Skanderborg is a town in Skanderborg municipality, Denmark. It is situated on the north and north eastern brinks of Skanderborg Lake and there are several smaller ponds and bodies of water within the city itself, like Lillesø, Sortesø, Døj S ...
to the southwest, and
Odder
Odder is a town in Jutland, Denmark. The town is the seat of Odder municipality, and is the biggest town in the municipality. It is located 20 km south of Aarhus and 16 km south-east of Skanderborg.
Odder is part of Business Region Aarhus, and ...
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
East Jutland metropolitan area ( da, Byregion Østjylland) is a potential metropolitan area in Jutland and Funen, Denmark.
Aarhus is the most populated city in the region.
The National Planning Report of 2006, published by the Danish Enviro ...
and of the
East Jutland metropolitan area
East Jutland metropolitan area ( da, Byregion Østjylland) is a potential metropolitan area in Jutland and Funen, Denmark.
Aarhus is the most populated city in the region.
The National Planning Report of 2006, published by the Danish Environme ...
, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.
Politics
Aarhus City Council (''Aarhus Byråd'') is also the municipal government. The city council consists of 31 members elected for four-year terms. Administratively the municipality is divided into six minor agencies which together constitute the
magistrate
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led by a mayor and five aldermen as administrative directors. It is the only Danish city with a magistrate structure. The six departments of the city are the ''Mayor's Department'', ''Social Affairs and Employment'', ''Technical Services and Environment'', ''Health and Care'', ''Culture and Citizens Services'' and ''Children and Young People'' which handle all the day-to-day operations of the city.
The current
Mayor
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of Aarhus municipality is
Jacob Bundsgaard
Jacob Bundsgaard Johansen (born 28 February 1976) is a Danish politician and is the current Mayor of Aarhus Municipality. He is a member of the Danish Social Democrats. He took over after the former mayor Nicolai Wammen, who resigned as mayor to ...
of the
Social Democrats
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, who took over after
Nicolai Wammen
Nicolai Halby Wammen (born 7 February 1971, in Holbæk) is a Danish politician of the Social Democrats who has been serving as Minister for Finance in the government of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen since 2019. A native and lifelong resident ...
in August 2011. Wammen wanted to focus on the upcoming election for Parliament.
Politically Aarhus leans
left
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* ''Left'' (Monkey House album), 2016
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and the largest political party has historically been the
Social Democratic Party
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Active parties
Fo ...
which has also held the mayor's office for all terms with the notable exception of the 2001–2005 term when Louise Gade of
Venstre became both the first female and non-Social Democratic mayor. The gender composition of the city council has risen steadily in favour of women through the 20th century and currently 9 of 31 members are women.
The first publicly elected mayor of Aarhus was appointed in 1919. In the
1970 Danish Municipal Reform the current Aarhus municipality was created by merging 20 municipalities. Aarhus (from 1948 to 2011 spelled Århus) was the seat of
Århus County
Aarhus County or Århus County ( da, Århus Amt) is a former county of Denmark ( Danish: ''amt
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(spelled Århus all the years it existed) until the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which substituted the Danish counties with five regions and made the former Århus County a part of
Central Denmark Region
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 mu ...
(''Region Midtjylland''), seated in
Viborg.
Municipal council
Aarhus' municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the
Municipal Reform of 1970.
Districts and subdivisions
![Aarhus municipality with districts](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Aarhus_municipality_with_districts.png)
Aarhus Municipality has 45
electoral wards
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and
polling station
A polling place is where voters cast their ballots in elections. The phrase polling station is also used in American English and British English, although polling place is the building s in four
electoral districts
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for the
folketing
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. The
diocese of Aarhus
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
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has four
deaneries
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composed of 60
parish
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es within Aarhus municipality. Aarhus municipality contains 21
postal districts and some parts of another 9. The urban area of Aarhus and the immediate suburbs are divided into the districts
Aarhus C
Aarhus C is a postal district in the city of Aarhus, Denmark, consisting of the Inner city, Vesterbro, University of Aarhus, Frederiksbjerg, Langenæs and Aarhus Ø, with postal code 8000. The district is commonly defined as the area enclosed ...
,
Aarhus N
Aarhus N is a postal district in the city of Aarhus, consisting of Trøjborg, Risskov, Vejlby, Skejby, Vorrevangen and Christiansbjerg, all with postal code 8200. Aarhus N is an abbreviation for Aarhus Nord (lit. "Aarhus North") and is located nort ...
,
Aarhus V
Aarhus Vest (lit.: Aarhus West) or Aarhus V, is a postal district in the city of Aarhus, consisting of Hasle, Herredsvang, Møllevangen and Frydenlund.
Quarters and neighborhoods
Møllevangen
Built primarily in the 1940s, Møllevangen has many ...
,
Viby J
Viby J (or just Viby) is a former town and now a district, in the southwestern part of Aarhus in Denmark. The district has almost 30,000 inhabitants. The "J" stands for Jutland, as there is another town called Viby on the island of Zealand, offici ...
,
Højbjerg
Højbjerg is a postal district of Aarhus, Denmark.
Højbjerg originated as a coastal suburb to the south of Aarhus, but has now completely merged with the city. Højbjerg is located 5 km from the city centre and had a population of 22,000 ...
and
Brabrand.
Aarhus is segmented into districts on different levels often containing several distinct neighbourhoods within them. The historical centre, known as ''Indre By'' (lit.
English
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, "Inner City"), includes the neighbourhoods ''Centralværkstedet'', the
Latin Quarter
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Known for its student life, lively atmosphere, and bistro ...
and the areas around the
Central Station
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and
Aarhus Concert Hall
''Musikhuset Aarhus'' (Aarhus Concert Hall) is a large concert hall complex in Aarhus, Denmark. Located in the city centre, Musikhuset is Aarhus' main venue for music and with seating for more than 3,600 people in total, it is the largest concert ...
. The inner city beltway
Ring 1 contains the larger district
Midtbyen (lit. Town Centre), roughly equivalent to postal district Aarhus C, and is composed of the neighbourhoods Indre By,
Vesterbro,
Frederiksbjerg
Frederiksbjerg is a borough in Aarhus, Denmark.
Frederiksbjerg is part of the postal district Aarhus C and is located just south of the historical city centre, separated from it by a broad railway yard and connected by three bridges. Despite bein ...
,
Aarhus Ø,
Marselisborg
Marselisborg is a small borough of Aarhus, Denmark. Being small and situated just south of Frederiksbjerg, Marselisborg is often considered part of Frederiksbjerg.
History
Like most of the boroughs outside the Midtbyen (Aarhus), inner city of A ...
and
Nørre Stenbro
Nørre Stenbro is a small neighborhood in the city of Aarhus, Denmark home to some 3,000 residents. The neighborhood is part of the Aarhus C district and borders the neighborhoods of Indre By south and west, Aarhus Docklands in the east and Trøjb ...
.
North of the inner beltway lies the district Aarhus N, containing the neighbourhoods
Trøjborg
Trøjborg is a neighborhood in the city of Aarhus, Denmark in Skt. Johannes parish with about 11,000 residents as of 2015. The neighborhood is part of the district Aarhus N and borders the neighborhoods Nørre Stenbro to the South West, Risskov to ...
,
Risskov
Risskov is the name of both a neighbourhood and a district in the city of Aarhus, Denmark.
The district of Risskov is sometimes referred to as Vejlby-Risskov, as it is a merger of the neighbourhood of Risskov and the neighbourhood of Vejlby. The ...
,
Vejlby
Vejlby is a north-eastern neighbourhood of Aarhus in Denmark. It is located 5km from the city centre and is administratively part of the district of Risskov.
The neighbourhood of Vejlby was administratively merged with Risskov at the end of the ...
,
Skejby,
Christiansbjerg and Vorrevangen and to the west lies
Langenæs,
Åbyhøj and Aarhus V, comprising the neighbourhoods
Hasle,
Frydenlund
Frydenlund is a historic house near Vedbæk north of Copenhagen, Denmark.
History The royal pavilion
The first structure at the site was a hunting lodge built just north of the royal deer park Jægersborg Dyrehave which was established in 1670. ...
, Herredsvang and Møllevangen, while the district of
Højbjerg
Højbjerg is a postal district of Aarhus, Denmark.
Højbjerg originated as a coastal suburb to the south of Aarhus, but has now completely merged with the city. Højbjerg is located 5 km from the city centre and had a population of 22,000 ...
lies to the south. Districts and suburbs further out are
Brabrand,
Egå
Egå is a both a suburban district and a stream in the Municipality of Aarhus in Denmark.
Name
Egå means 'Oak-stream' in English.
The Egå stream
The Egå stream runs north of the city of Aarhus, in the bottom of the flat valley of Egå ...
,
Gellerup
Gellerup is a neighborhood of the Brabrand district in the city of Aarhus, Denmark. The neighborhood was formerly a suburb that has now completely merged with the city and it is characterized by several natural attractions, detached house sector ...
,
Hasselager,
Holme,
Kolt
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,
Rosenhøj,
Skødstrup
Skødstrup is a suburb located north-east of Aarhus in Denmark. The suburb is also a railway town at Grenaabanen, the railroad between the cities of Aarhus and Grenaa. Today Skødstrup has grown together with the adjoining railway town of Løg ...
,
Skæring
Skæring is a suburb of Aarhus in Denmark. It is situated some 10 km. north-east of Aarhus C and is one of the wealthier suburbs. Skæring Parish had a population of 4977 as of (2006) of which 4.402 were members of the Church of Denmark. Skærin ...
,
Skåde
Skåde is a neighbourhood of Højbjerg, a southern district of Aarhus in Denmark. It is located 6 km south from the city centre.
Skåde is the highest lying area in Aarhus municipality, with hills like Jelshøj (128 metres) and Søsterhøj ...
,
Slet,
Stavtrup
Stavtrup is a western suburb of Aarhus in Denmark. It is located 7 km from the city centre and has a population of 3,729 (1 January 2010).Tilst
Tilst is a suburban area of Aarhus, Denmark, situated some 10 km to the west of Aarhus.
The Tilst area is marked by big city blocks and large traditional suburban areas. In the surrounding area are several superstores, which mainly serve the inn ...
and
Tranbjerg
Tranbjerg J is a town in Aarhus in Denmark. "J" is for Jutland to distinguish this place from a similarly named place on Zealand, and is not used in daily parlance.
History
Tranbjerg was formerly a small rural village but is now a suburb of Aa ...
.
Cities and towns
Statistics Denmark defines towns or cities as areas with more than 200 residents in a continuous settlement with no more than 200 meters between residential structures. 1 January 2020 there were 19 such areas in Aarhus Municipality, the largest being the city of
Aarhus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...
with a population of 280,534, while some 50,000 people lived in urban areas elsewhere in the municipality. The city of Aarhus is the second largest
urban area
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in Denmark, the principal port on the east coast of
Jutland
Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...
, and the seat of Denmark's second-largest bishopric. In 2013
Beder and
Malling was officially counted as a single urban area for the first time.
Towns in the municipality are generally considered
satellites of Aarhus.
''Population figures from
Statistics Denmark, 1 January, 2020.
''
Twin towns – sister cities
Aarhus is
twinned with:
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Bergen
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...
, Norway (1946)
*
Gothenburg
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, Sweden (1946)
*
Harbin
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, China (1984)
*
Kiel
Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021).
Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the J ...
, Germany (2019)
*
Kujalleq
Kujalleq ( Greenlandic: , da, Den Syden, lit=The South) is a municipality on the southern tip of Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The administrative center of the municipality is in Qaqortoq (formerly called Julianehåb).
Creation
...
, Greenland (1962)
*
Rostock
Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, c ...
, Germany (2006)
*
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, Russia (1989)
*
Turku
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, Finland (1946)
Sources
* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro map with named municipalities
References
External links
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