Aarhus County or Ã…rhus County () is a former
county of Denmark (
Danish: ''
amt'') on the
Jutland peninsula
Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...
. It was created in 1970 by a merger of three counties: Ã…rhus, Randers and Skanderborg. The county was abolished effective 1 January 2007, when almost all of it merged into
Region Midtjylland
The Central Denmark Region (), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid-Jutland, is an administrative Regions of Denmark, region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municip ...
(i.e. ''Region Central Jutland''). A very small portion was merged into
Region Nordjylland
The North Jutland Region (), 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 traditional counties () an ...
(''Region North Jutland''). At the time of its abolishment, more than 20,000 people worked for the county.
Municipalities (1970–2006)
References
Former counties of Denmark (1970–2006)
Central Denmark Region
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