Until 1 January 2007, Grenaa municipality or Grenå municipality was a municipality (
Danish
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, ''
kommune'') in
Aarhus County
Aarhus County or Århus County ( da, Århus Amt) is a former county of Denmark (Danish: ''amt'') on the Jutland peninsula. It was created in 1970 by a merger of three counties: Århus, Randers and Skanderborg. The county was abolished effective ...
on the east coast of the
Jutland
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peninsula in central
Denmark
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. The municipality covered an area of 196 km², and had a total population of 18,641 (2005). Its last mayor was Gert Schou, a member of the
Social Democrats
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(Socialdemokraterne)
political party
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. The municipality's main city and the site of its municipal council was the town of
Grenaa
Grenaa (or Grenå) is a Danish town and seaport on the east coast of the Jutlandic peninsula. Tourism, education and commerce are important sectors in the economy of Grenaa. It is the only larger town on Djursland. Grenaa is the municipal seat, an ...
. The municipality was located on the east coast of the peninsula known as ''
Djursland
Djursland () is a 44 km × 33 km hilly lowland peninsula in Denmark at the entrance to the Baltic Sea, between Denmark and Sweden in Northern Europe. Djursland protrudes into the Kattegat sea, as part of the larger peninsula of Jutland, ...
'', with the waters of the
Kattegat
The Kattegat (; sv, Kattegatt ) is a sea area bounded by the Jutlandic peninsula in the west, the Danish Straits islands of Denmark and the Baltic Sea to the south and the provinces of Bohuslän, Västergötland, Halland and Skåne in Sweden ...
to the east, defining the municipality's eastern border.
Grenaa municipality ceased to exist due to
''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was combined with
Nørre Djurs and
Rougsø municipalities, along with the eastern part of
Sønderhald municipality to form the new
Norddjurs municipality
Norddjurs is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland in Denmark. It covers an area of 723.15 km² and has a population of 37,839 (1 April 2014).
On 1 January 2007 Norddjurs municipality was created as the result of ''Kom ...
. This created a municipality with an area of 661 km² and a total population of 34,382 (2005). The new municipality belongs to
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 ...
("Mid-Jutland Region").
References
* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
External links
Norddjurs municipality website
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Former municipalities of Denmark