Norddjurs Municipality
Norddjurs Kommune (Danish) | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Denmark | |
| Coordinates: 56°30′N 10°48′E / 56.5°N 10.8°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Central Denmark |
| Established | 1 January 2007 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kasper Bjerregaard |
| Area | |
| • Total | 721.2 km2 (278.5 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2023)[1] | |
| • Total | 36,978 |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | norddjurs |
Norddjurs Municipality (Danish: Norddjurs Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland in Denmark. It covers an area of 721.2 km² and has a population of 36,978 (1. January 2023).
On 1 January 2007 Norddjurs municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Grenå, Nørre Djurs and Rougsø, along with the eastern part of Sønderhald municipality. It includes the island of Anholt in its extreme northeast.
The municipality is part of Business Region Aarhus and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.[2][3]
Locations
| Grenaa | 14,000 |
| Auning | 2,900 |
| Allingåbro | 1,800 |
| Ørsted | 1,400 |
| Trustrup | 790 |
| Vivild | 790 |
| Bønnerup Strand | 740 |
| Ørum | 700 |
| Glesborg | 580 |
Politics
Municipal council
Norddjurs' municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
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| A | C | F | I | L | O | V | Ø | ||||||
| 2005 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 69.2% | Torben Jensen (L) | ||||
| 2009 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 66.2% | Jan Petersen (A) | |||||
| 2013 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 70.4% | ||||
| 2017 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 69.0% | |||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | |||||||||||||
Parishes
Sources
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
References
- ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ "What is Business Region Aarhus". businessregionaarhus.dk. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Tal og statistik" [Figures and Statistics] (in Danish). Byregion Østjylland. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
External links
- Norddjurs municipality's official website (in Danish)
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This page was last edited on 9 October 2023, at 18:49