Syddjurs Municipality

Location of Syddjurs municipality

Syddjurs municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland in Denmark just north of Aarhus and is a part of the Aarhus area. It covers an area of 696.7 km² and has a population of 41,671 (1 April 2014).

The municipality is also a part of the East Jutland metropolitan area with 1,2 mio inhabitants. .[1]

On 1 January 2007 Syddjurs municipality ("South Djursland") was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Ebeltoft, Midtdjurs, Rosenholm, and Rønde.

The municipality covers most of southern Djursland, Skødshoved, Helgenæs, Mols and the Ebeltoft peninsula.

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Coordinates: 56°18′45″N 10°31′15″E / 56.3125°N 10.5208°E / 56.3125; 10.5208

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