Aarhus Municipality is divided in many different ways, often on layered levels. Politically it is a part of the multi-member constituency ''Østjyllands Storkreds'' which covers the eastern coast of East Jutland from

Randers Randers () is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 62,802 (as of 1 January 2022).Vejle Fjord Vejle Fjord is an East Jutland-type fjord in Denmark. It is approximately in length, and it stretches east from the town of Vejle at its head to the towns of Trelde Næs on the south side and Juelsminde on the north side at the mouth. The fjord' ...

. Aarhus Municipality itself is divided in 4

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, ''Århus Sydkredsen'', ''Århus Vestkredsen'', ''Århus Nordkredsen'', ''Århus Østkredsen'', which are again divided in a total of 45

wards Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a priso ...

, each with one

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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 In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

is divided in a number of

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of which 4 resides in Aarhus Municipality with a total of 58

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

es. Administratively Aarhus Municipality operates with 25 districts or local communities (''Lokalsamfund'') which can be amalgamations of parishes, neighborhoods or former and present towns. In addition there are 28 postal districts within the municipality, some of which are colloquially used to denote areas and neighborhoods in the city of Aarhus. The urban area and immediate suburbs of the city of Aarhus are divided in the postal (P.D.) 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 ...

, Brabrand and

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 ...

. The municipality also contains official defined neighborhoods within districts, towns and cities. The city of Aarhus contains the district Midtbyen (lit. English, "Town Centre") within the inner city beltway ''Ringgaden''; roughly equivalent to P.D.

and the southern section of P.D.

. ''Midtbyen'' is composed of the neighbourhoods

Indre By Indre By (lit. English, "Inner City"), also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen, is an administrative district (''by'') in central Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. It covers an area of , has a population of 26,223, and a po ...

, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

, Langenæs and the University campus. The neighborhood ''Indre By'' (lit.

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, "Inner City"), includes the areas around ''Centralværkstederne'', the

Central Station Central stations or central railway stations emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as railway stations that had initially been built on the edge of city centres were enveloped by urban expansion and became an integral part of the ...

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 ...

and the historical centre and neighborhood of the

Latin Quarter The Latin Quarter of Paris (french: Quartier latin, ) is an area in the 5th and the 6th arrondissements of Paris. It is situated on the left bank of the Seine, around the Sorbonne. Known for its student life, lively atmosphere, and bistros ...

. Aarhus Municipality in addition use statistical districts which can cover individual settlements, developments or neighborhoods, school districts and elder districts (''Ældreområder'').

Cities and towns

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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 2019 there were 19 such areas in Aarhus Municipality, the largest being the city of Aarhus with a population of 277,086, while some 50.000 people lived in urban areas elsewhere in the municipality. In 2013 Beder and Malling was officially counted as a single conurbation for the first time. Towns in the municipality are generally considered satellites of Aarhus. *

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 ...

(277,086) * Lystrup (10,425) * Beder-Malling (8,597) * Løgten (8,197) *

Mårslet Mårslet is a railway town in Denmark, located about south of Aarhus. It has a population of 5,004 (1 January 2022). Mårslet is located in Aarhus Municipality and therefore is part of the Central Denmark Region. Mårslet is situated on the hist ...

(5,043) *

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(4,218) *

Harlev Harlev is a former railway town in Aarhus Municipality in Denmark, with a population of 3,990 as of 1 January 2022.Hjortshøj (3,669) *

Sabro Sabro is a suburb of Aarhus in Denmark. Its population is 3,330 (1 January 2022).Trige Trige is a town and suburb of Aarhus in Denmark. It has a population of 3,224 (1 January 2023).Elev (1,458) *

Lisbjerg Lisbjerg is a village and suburb 7 km north of the city center of Aarhus, Denmark. Lisbjerg has a population of 1,063 (1 January 2022). Lisbjerg is situated on the northern slopes of the broad and flat valley of Egådalen, marking the north ...

(1,057) *

Spørring Spørring is a town in Aarhus Municipality, Central Denmark Region in Denmark with a population of 1,052 (1 January 2022).Studstrup Studstrup is the northernmost suburb of Aarhus, Denmark with a population of 826 (1 January 2023).Hårup (823) * Mejlby (431) *

Mundelstrup Mundelstrup is a village in east Jutland, Denmark, with a population of 412 (1 January 2022). It's located approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from central Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) ...

(387) * Ormslev (351) *

Borum Borum is a village in Aarhus Municipality, Central Denmark Region in Denmark. Borum is situated 2.5 kilometres south of Sabro and 3 kilometres west of the Aarhus suburb of Tilst and has a population of 300 (1 January 2022). About 2 kilometres we ...

(305) ''Population figures from

, 1. January, 2019.''

Districts

Aarhus Municipality defines 21 districts, termed ''Lokalsamfund'', for administrative and statistical purposes, often based on geographical and historical conditions such as historical city limits, larger urban developments and former and existing towns. Several districts are amalgamations of former

townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

that over time have grown into a single entity or encompassing several

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...

s or towns such as ''Holme-Højbjerg-Skåde'' which includes the former towns of ''Holme'', ''Højbjerg'' and ''Skåde'', all now neighborhoods in Aarhus in a single urban

conurbation A conurbation is a region comprising a number of metropolises, cities, large towns, and other urban areas which through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area. In most ca ...

. * Åby * Beder-Malling * Brabrand-Gellerup * Harlev-Framlev * Hårup-Mejlby * Hasle * Hasselager-Kolt * Hjortshøj * Holme-Højbjerg-Skåde * Lisbjerg * Lystrup-Elsted * Mårslet * Midtbyen * Sabro * Skæring-Egå * Skejby-Christiansbjerg * Skødstrup-Løgten * Solbjerg * Stavtrup-Ormslev * Tilst * Tranbjerg * Trige-Spørring * Vejlby-Risskov * Viby

Postal districts

There are 28 postal districts within Aarhus Municipality although some only partially such as ''8660 Skanderborg'' and ''*8464 Galten'' which are almost entirely within

Skanderborg Municipality Skanderborg Municipality is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark, just southwest of Aarhus. It has an area of 429.17 km², and has a population of 61,974 (1 January 2019). ...

. References to postal districts can sometimes be used in commonplace vernacular as analogous to city districts or neighborhoods in Aarhus. * 8000 Aarhus C * 8200 Aarhus N * 8210 Aarhus V *8330 Beder * 8000 Brabrand *8250 Egå *8464 Galten *8462 Harlev *8361 Hasselager *8382 Hinnerup *8530 Hjortshøj *8543 Hornslet * 8270 Højbjerg *8362 Hørning *8520 Lystrup *8340 Malling *8320 Mårslet *8300 Odder *8240 Risskov *8471 Sabro *8660 Skanderborg *8355 Solbjerg *8541 Skødstrup *8381 Tilst *8310 Tranbjerg *8380 Trige * 8260 Viby *8230 Åbyhøj

Parishes

Aarhus Municipality contains 58 parishes split between the 4

''Århus Domprovsti'', ''Århus Nordre Provsti'', ''Århus Søndre Provsti'' and ''Arhus Vestre Provsti'', all part of the

Diocese of Aarhus In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

. Parishes on the municipal borders tend to roughly follow those borders with only a few exceptions such as ''Vitved Parish'' which is a part of both Aarhus and

. *Aarhus Domsogn *Åby Parish *Astrup Parish *Beder Parish *Borum Parish *Brabrand Parish *Christians Parish *Egå Parish *Elev Parish *Ellevang Parish *Elsted Parish *Fårup Parish *Framlev Parish *Fredens Parish *Gellerup Parish *Harlev Parish *Hasle Parish *Helligånds Parish *Hjortshøj Parish *Holme Parish *Hvilsted Parish *Kasted Parish *Kolt Parish *Langenæs Parish *Lisbjerg Parish *Lyngby Parish *Lystrup Parish *Malling Parish *Mårslet Parish *Mejlby Parish *Møllevang Parish *Ølsted Parish *Ormslev Parish *Ravnsbjerg Parish *Risskov Parish *Sabro Parish *Sankt Johannes Parish *Sankt Lukas Parish *Sankt Markus Parish *Sankt Pauls Parish *Skåde Parish *Skæring Parish *Skejby Parish *Skelager Parish] *Skjoldhøj Parish *Skødstrup Parish *Sønder Årslev Parish *Spørring Parish *Tilst Parish *Tiset Parish *Todbjerg Parish *Tranbjerg Parish *Trige Parish *Tulstrup Parish *Vejlby Parish *Viby Parish *Vitved Parish *Vor Frue Parish

References

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