Mariagerfjord is a municipality (
Danish
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kommune'') in
North Jutland Region
The North Jutland Region ( da, Region Nordjylland), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the trad ...
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Denmark
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. It covers an area of 723.63 km² (2011) and a has a population of 42,093 (2014).
On 1 January 2007 Mariagerfjord municipality was created as the result of
''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of
Arden,
Hadsund
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Hobro
Hobro () is an old market and railway town in Region Nordjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It has a population of 12,071 (1 January 2022). The town is situated in a hilly terrain at the head of Mariager Fjord, close to the ...
, and the major part of
Mariager, and a very small part of
Aalestrup and a very small part of
Nørager
Nørager () is a town with a population of 1,040 (1 January 2014)Mariager Fjord
With a length of approximately 35 km (22 statute miles), Mariager Fjord is the longest fjord in Jutland, and the 2nd longest fjord (Tied with Ise Fjord on Zealand), behind Roskilde Fjord in Denmark (Excluding the self-governing territory of Gree ...
, its
namesake
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History
The word is first attested around 1635, and probably comes from the phrase "for one's name's sake",
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.
Locations
Politics
Municipal council
Mariagerfjord's municipal council consists of 29 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the
Municipal Reform of 2007.
References
* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta delivered fro
KMDaka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
External links
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Municipal Key Figures - area
Municipalities of the North Jutland Region
Municipalities of Denmark
Populated places established in 2007
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