Viborg

city in central Jutland, Denmark

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Viborg is a city in Denmark, situated within Viborg Municipality and the Central Denmark region. It serves as the administrative center for both the municipality and the region. The city has a population of 41,079 and is located at an elevation of 51 meters above sea level. Its postal code is 8800, and it operates in the UTC+01:00 and UTC+02:00 time zones.

The head of government for Viborg is Ulrik Wilbek. The city is twinned with Lüneburg, Kecskemét, Bayeux, and Lund Municipality. Viborg is distinct from the similarly named location Vyborg.

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Place details

Locality: Viborg
Region: Region Midtjylland
Country: Danmark
Population: 41,239
Timezone: Europe/Copenhagen

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Travel guide

See

thumb|Viborg Katedralskole (Cathedral School)

Do

Football: Viborg FF were promoted in 2021 and now play soccer in Superliga, Denmark's top tier. Their stadium Viborg Arena (capacity 10,000) is northwest of town centre. Viborg has some amazing countryside, and the Hald Sø lake immediately south of town, offers beautiful short nature hikes The Hald Sø trails are part of the much larger cross-regional hike of Hærvejen, going straight down central Jutland.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Encyclopedic overview

Viborg ( Danish pronunciation: [ˈviˌpɒˀ] ) is a city in central Jutland, Denmark, the capital of both Viborg municipality and Region Midtjylland. Viborg is also the seat of the Western High Court, the High Court for the Jutland peninsula. Viborg Municipality is the second-largest Danish municipality, covering 3.3% of the country's total land area.

History

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