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Aarhus Municipality

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Also known as Århus Municipality

municipality in the Central Denmark Region

Key facts

Country
Denmark
Region
Central Denmark
Seat
Aarhus
Mayor
Anders Winnerskjold
Total
469.56 km (181.30 sq mi)
Density
805.78/km (2,087.0/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC1 ( CET )
Summer dst
UTC2 ( CEST )
Website
www .aarhus .dk

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Type
Government
Founded
1919
Location
Aarhus, Denmark
Also known as
Århus Municipality
Status
Active

GRID grid.470572.3 · ISNI 0000 0004 0366 7230

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Encyclopedic overview

Aarhus Municipality (Danish: Aarhus Kommune), known as Århus Municipality (Danish: Århus Kommune) until 2011, is a kommune in the Central Denmark Region, on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark.

The municipality covers an area of 469.56 km (181.30 sq mi), and has a population of 378,361 as of 2026. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Aarhus. Neighbouring municipalities are Syddjurs to the north, Favrskov to the northwest, Skanderborg to the southwest, and Odder to the south.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aarhus Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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