Central Denmark Region

Central Jutland Region
Region Midtjylland
Region of Denmark

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Country Denmark
Largest city Aarhus
Capital Viborg
Municipalities
Government
 • Chairman Bent Hansen (Social Democrats)
Area
 • Total 13,053 km2 (5,040 sq mi)
Population (October 2016)[1]
 • Total 1,302,897
 • Density 100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Website www.regionmidtjylland.dk

Central Denmark Region[2] (Danish: Region Midtjylland) is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties ("amter") with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities were merged into larger units, cutting the number of municipalities from 271 before 1 January 2006, when Ærø Municipality was created, to 98. The reform was implemented in Denmark on 1 January 2007.

Geography

The municipalities comprising Central Denmark Region.

Central Denmark Region is located on the north-central portion of the Jutland peninsula and consists of the former counties of Ringkjøbing and Århus (save the western half of Mariager municipality which joined Region Nordjylland), most of the former county of Viborg, and the northern half of Vejle County. The areas in question from the two latter counties were the former municipalities of Bjerringbro, Fjends, Hvorslev, Karup, Kjellerup, Møldrup, Sallingsund, Skive, Spøttrup, Sundsøre, Tjele, and Viborg from Viborg County and Brædstrup, Gedved, Hedensted, Horsens, Juelsminde, Nørre-Snede and Tørring-Uldum from Vejle County.

See also

References

  1. ↑ FOLK1: Population 1 October database from Statistics Denmark
  2. ↑ Danish state authorities use both the Danish name Midtjylland and the direct translation Central Jutland in English texts. Central Jutland Region or Region of Central Jutland are also widely used by others (e.g. the city of Århus Archived January 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.), but the Region itself prefers 'Central Denmark'.

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Coordinates: 56°10′N 9°30′E / 56.167°N 9.500°E / 56.167; 9.500


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