Skanderborg Municipality

Municipality in Central Denmark, Denmark

Skanderborg Municipality

Skanderborg Kommune (Danish)

Municipality

Location in Denmark

Coordinates: 56°02′N 9°55′E﻿ / ﻿56.04°N 9.91°E﻿ / 56.04; 9.91
Country| Denmark
Region| Central Denmark
Established| 1 January 2007
Government

• Mayor| Frands Fischer
Area

• Total

| 462.45 km2 (178.55 sq mi)
Population

(1. January 2024)[1]

• Total

| 65,205
• Density| 140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Website| www.skanderborg.dk

Skanderborg Municipality (Danish: Skanderborg Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark, just southwest of Aarhus. It covers an area of 462.45 km2, with a population of 65,205 (1. January 2024).

Its mayor as of 1 April 2019 is Frands Fischer, representing the Social Democrats political party.

Skanderborg is the municipality's main town, and serves as the seat of the municipal council.

On 1 January 2007 Skanderborg municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with Galten, Ry, and Hørning municipalities, along with Voerladegård Parish from Brædstrup municipality, to form the present, expanded "Skanderborg Municipality". The former municipality covered an area of 143.22 km2, and had a population of 21,745 (2003). Its last mayor was Aleksander Aagaard, a member of the agrarian liberal Venstre political party.

The municipality is part of Business Region Aarhus and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.[2][3]

## Geography

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The municipality has two of Denmark's three highest natural points of terrain, namely Møllehøj at 170.86 metres (560.6 feet), and Ejer Bavnehøj at 170.35 metres (558.9 feet), in the southern part, southwest of the city of Skanderborg. Himmelbjerget at 147 metres (482 feet), is in the western part of the municipality, and Yding Skovhøj at 170.77 metres (560.3 feet), is in neighboring Horsens municipality, west of the other two highest points of natural terrain.

### Locations

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Skanderborg | 19,500

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Galten | 8,800
Hørning | 8,200
Ry | 6,600
Låsby | 2,000
Gammel Rye | 1,500
Virring | 1,000
Stjær | 980
Herskind | 840

## Politics

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### Municipal council

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Skanderborg's municipal council consists of 29 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Election  | Party  | Total
seats  | Turnout  | Elected
mayor

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A | B | C | F | O | V | Ø | Å
2005 | 10  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 13  |  |  | 29  | 74.6%  | Jens Grønlund (V)
2009 | 11  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 1  | 11  | 70.8%  | Jørgen Gaarde (A)
2013 | 12  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 9  | 1  | 78.4%
2017 | 11  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 8  | 1  | 1  | 77.8%
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

## References

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1. ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipality The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
2. ^ "What is Business Region Aarhus". businessregionaarhus.dk. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
3. ^ "Tal og statistik" [Figures and Statistics] (in Danish). Byregion Østjylland. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

## Sources

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* Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal merges and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Skanderborg Kommune.

* Municipality's official website
* Skanderborg tourist bureau

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Places adjacent to Skanderborg Municipality

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Skanderborg

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Skanderborg Municipality

Towns & villages|

* Alken
* Blegind
* Fruering
* Galten
* Gammel Rye
* Herskind
* Hylke
* Hårby
* Hørning
* Javngyde
* Laven
* Låsby
* Mesing
* Nørre Vissing
* Ry
* Sjelle
* Skanderborg
* Skjørring
* Stjær
* Storring
* Tebstrup
* Tulstrup
* Virring
* Voerladegård

Landmarks|

* Listed buildings
* Klostermølle
* Øm Abbey
* Veng Abbey
* Voer Abbey

Geography & nature|

* Alken Enge
* Ejer Bavnehøj
* Himmelbjerget
* Illerup Ådal
* Mossø
* Møllehøj
* Skanderborg Lake
* Stilling-Solbjerg Lake

Transport & infrastructure|

* Alken railway station
* European route E45
* Fredericia–Aarhus railway line
* Hørning railway station
* Ry railway station
* Skanderborg railway station
* Skanderborg–Skjern railway line

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Mid Jutland Region

Municipalities|

* Aarhus
* Favrskov
* Hedensted
* Herning
* Holstebro
* Horsens
* Ikast-Brande
* Lemvig
* Norddjurs
* Odder
* Randers
* Ringkøbing-Skjern
* Samsø
* Silkeborg
* Skanderborg
* Skive
* Struer
* Syddjurs
* Viborg

Cities and towns|

* Aarhus
* Hadsten
* Hedensted
* Herning
* Horsens
* Ikast
* Lemvig
* Grenå
* Odder
* Randers
* Ringkøbing
* Skjern
* Tranebjerg
* Silkeborg
* Skanderborg
* Skive
* Struer
* Ebeltoft
* Rønde
* Viborg
* Holstebro

Geographic features|

* Anholt
* Bay of Aarhus
* Djursland
* Ejer Bavnehøj
* Endelave
* Gudenåen
* Helgenæs
* Horsens Fjord
* Himmelbjerget
* Mols Bjerge National Park
* Mossø
* Møllehøj
* Nissum Fjord
* Northern Jutland
* Randers Fjord
* Ringkøbing Fjord
* Samsø
* Venø

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Hovedstaden|

* Albertslund
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* Fredensborg
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* Frederikssund
* Furesø
* Gentofte
* Gladsaxe
* Glostrup
* Gribskov
* Halsnæs
* Helsingør
* Herlev
* Hillerød
* Hvidovre
* Høje-Taastrup
* Hørsholm
* Ishøj
* Lyngby-Taarbæk
* Rudersdal
* Rødovre
* Tårnby
* Vallensbæk

Midtjylland|

* Aarhus
* Favrskov
* Hedensted
* Herning
* Holstebro
* Horsens
* Ikast-Brande
* Lemvig
* Norddjurs
* Odder
* Randers
* Ringkøbing-Skjern
* Samsø
* Silkeborg
* Skanderborg
* Skive
* Struer
* Syddjurs
* Viborg

Nordjylland|

* Aalborg
* Brønderslev
* Frederikshavn
* Hjørring
* Jammerbugt
* Læsø
* Mariagerfjord
* Morsø
* Rebild
* Thisted
* Vesthimmerland

Sjælland|

* Faxe
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* Guldborgsund
* Holbæk
* Kalundborg
* Køge
* Lejre
* Lolland
* Næstved
* Odsherred
* Ringsted
* Roskilde
* Slagelse
* Solrød
* Sorø
* Stevns
* Vordingborg

Syddanmark|

* Aabenraa
* Assens
* Billund
* Esbjerg
* Faaborg-Midtfyn
* Fanø
* Fredericia
* Haderslev
* Kerteminde
* Kolding
* Langeland
* Middelfart
* Nordfyn
* Nyborg
* Odense
* Svendborg
* Sønderborg
* Tønder
* Varde
* Vejen
* Vejle
* Ærø

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