Viborg Municipality

Municipality in Central Denmark, Denmark

Viborg Municipality

Viborg Kommune (Danish)

Municipality

Coat of arms

Location in Denmark

Coordinates: 56°27′00″N 9°22′00″E﻿ / ﻿56.45°N 9.3667°E﻿ / 56.45; 9.3667
Country| Denmark
Region| Central Denmark
Established| 1 January 2007
Government

• Mayor| Ulrik Wilbek
Area

• Total

| 1,421.04 km2 (548.67 sq mi)
Population

(1. January 2025)[1]

• Total

| 97,621
• Density| 69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Website| www.viborg.dk

Viborg Municipality (Danish: Viborg Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,421.04 km2, and has a population of 97,621 (1. January 2025). Søren Pape Poulsen was chosen as mayor again for a second term of office 2014–17, but before the first year of his second term had passed, he accepted an offer to become chairman of his party, and a new mayor had to be chosen among the municipal council members. Its mayor from 3 September 2014 is Torsten Nielsen, also a member of the Conservative People's Party. He is mayor in the rest of the 2014-17 term of office.

The main city and the site of its municipal council is the city of Viborg.

On 1 January 2007 Viborg municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with Bjerringbro, Fjends, Karup, Møldrup, and Tjele municipalities to form an enlarged Viborg municipality.

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]

## Locations

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Viborg | 41,000

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Bjerringbro | 7,400
Stoholm | 2,500
Karup | 2,200
Løgstrup | 1,900
Frederiks | 1,800
Skals | 1,800
Rødkærsbro | 1,700
Ørum | 1,400
Møldrup | 1,300

## Politics

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### Municipal council

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Viborg's municipal council consists of 31 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 | K | O | V | Ø
2005 | 14  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 10  |  | 31  | 71.6%  | Johannes Stensgaard (A)
2009 | 10  |  | 3  | 5  |  | 2  | 11  | 67.6%  | Søren Pape Poulsen (C)
2013 | 9  | 6  | 1  | 2  | 12  | 1  | 74.3%  | Torsten Nielsen (C)
2017 | 9  | 7  | 2  | 2  | 10  | 1  | 73.3%  | Ulrik Wilbek (V)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

## Twin cities

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Viborg has a twin city in each of the Nordic countries, as well as in other world regions.

* Dalvík, Iceland
* Greifswald, Germany
* Hamar, Norway

* Kecskemét, Hungary
* León, Nicaragua
* Lund Municipality, Sweden

* Nevers, France
* Porvoo, Finland
* Zabrze, Poland

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## See also

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* World Map at Lake Klejtrup

## Sources

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* Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
* Searchable/printable municipal maps: Krak mapsearch(outline visible but doesn't print out!)

## References

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1. ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities 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.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Viborg Kommune.

* Municipality's official website

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Places adjacent to Viborg Municipality

| Skive | Vesthimmerland (Nordjylland) | Mariagerfjord (Nordjylland)

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Holstebro |

Viborg

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Herning | Ikast-Brande, Silkeborg | Favrskov

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Viborg Municipality

Towns and villages|

* Bigittelyst
* Bjerringbro
* Bruunshåb
* Frederiks
* Grønhøj
* Hammershøj
* Havredal
* Karup
* Klejtrup
* Kølvrå
* Lysgård
* Løgstrup
* Løvel
* Mammen
* Møldrup
* Mønsted
* Rødding
* Rødkærsbro
* Skals
* Skelhøje
* Sparkær
* Stoholm
* Tapdrup
* Vammen
* Viborg
* Vridsted
* Ørum

Landmarks|

* Churches (list)
* Dominican Priory
* Viborg Cathedral

* Listed buildings (list)
* Bruunshaab Gamle Papfabrik
* Hald Manor
* Viborg Katedralskole

* Viborg Stadium

Geography & Nature|

* Dollerup Hills
* Hald Lake
* Hjarbæk Fjord
* Klejtrup Lake
* Kongenshus Mindepark
* Ø Hills
* Stanghede
* Tange Lake
* Tjele Langsø

Education|

* The Animation Workshop
* Viborg Katedralskole

Culture & Attractions|

* Danish National Archives
* Skovgaard Museum
* Viborg Kunsthal
* Viborg Museum
* Viborg Theatre
* World Map at Lake Klejtrup

Transport & Infrastructure|

* Air Base Karup
* Bjerringbro Railway Station
* Foulum Data Center
* Kassø-Tjele high-voltage transmission line
* Langå–Struer railway line
* Rødkærsbro Railway Station
* Sparkær Railway Station
* Stoholm Railway Station
* Tangeværket Dam
* Viborg Power Station
* Viborg Railway Station

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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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Municipalities of Denmark

List

Hovedstaden|

* Albertslund
* Allerød
* Ballerup
* Bornholm
* Brøndby
* Copenhagen
* Dragør
* Egedal
* Fredensborg
* Frederiksberg
* 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
* Greve
* 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

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI

National|

* United States

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area

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