Skanderborg Municipality ( da, Skanderborg Kommune) is a municipality (

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, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the

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 ...

peninsula in central

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, just southwest 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 ...

. It covers an area of 462.45 km², with a population of 65,205 (1. January 2024). Its mayor as of 1 April 2019 is Frands Fischer, representing the '' Social Democrats'' political party.

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� ...

is the municipality's main town, and serves as the seat of the municipal council. On 1 January 2007 Skanderborg municipality was, as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with Galten, Ry, and

Hørning :''not to be confused with the village of Hørning in Randers municipality'' Hørning is a town in central Denmark with a population of 8,395 (1 January 2022),

municipalities, along with Voerladegård Parish from

Brædstrup municipality Brædstrup is a former railway town in Jutland, Denmark at the railway between Horsens and Silkeborg which was closed in 1968. Until 1 January 2007 it was the municipal seat of the former Brædstrup Municipality and today, with a population of 3 ...

, to form the present, expanded "Skanderborg Municipality". The former municipality covered an area of 143.22 km², and had a population of 21,745 (2003). Its last mayor was Aleksander Aagaard, a member of the agrarian liberal Venstre

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

. 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 Environme ...

and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.

Geography

The municipality has two of Denmark's three highest natural points of terrain, namely

Møllehøj Møllehøj is the highest natural pointFor comparison, the tallest man-made structure in Denmark is the Tommerup Transmitter, which stands 321m or 1045ft high. in Denmark at . Geography Møllehøj is in the Ejerbjerge hills in Skanderborg m ...

at , and

Ejer Bavnehøj Ejer Bavnehøj (also spelled Ejer Baunehøj) is the third-highest natural point in Denmark (170.35 m). Geography It lies in the southern part of Skanderborg municipality, between the villages of Riis and Ejer. At its summit is a 13 m tal ...

at , in the southern part, southwest of the city of Skanderborg. Himmelbjerget at , is in the western part of the municipality, and

Yding Skovhøj Yding Skovhøj in Horsens municipality, Jutland is one of Denmark's highest points. Features Its height is 172.54 m above sea level when the height of one of the Bronze Age burial mounds built on the top of the hill is included. If these ...

at , is in neighboring Horsens municipality, west of the other two highest points of natural terrain.

Locations

Politics

Municipal council

Skanderborg's municipal council consists of 29 members, elected every four years. Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

References

Sources

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal merges and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map

External links

Municipality's official websiteSkanderborg tourist bureau
Municipalities of the Central Denmark Region Municipalities of Denmark Populated places established in 2007 {{CentralDK-stub