Aarhus Municipality
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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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Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 1919
- Location
- Aarhus, Denmark
- Also known as
- Århus Municipality
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.470572.3 · ISNI 0000 0004 0366 7230
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Denmark
- Named after
- Aarhus
- Country
- Denmark
- Located in
- Aarhus County
- Capital
- Aarhus
- Population
- 361544
- Area
- 470
- Elevation
- 105
- Head of government
- Anders Winnerskjold
- Shares border with
- Syddjurs Municipality
- Legal form
- municipality of Denmark
- Official website
- www.aarhus.dk
- Image
- Århus Rådhus.jpg
- Dialing code
- 8
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- Commons category
- Aarhus Kommune
- topic's main category
- Category:Aarhus Municipality
- postal code
- 8000
- inception
- 1970-04-01
- street address
- Rådhuspladsen 2, 8000 Aarhus C
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Aarhus Municipality
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.sammenomaarhus.dk/legislation/processes
- P11012
- Blesdijke
- native label
- Århus Kommune
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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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