East Jutland metropolitan area

East Jutland metropolitan area (Byregion Østjylland) can rightly be described as a functional coherent urban area linked by both the infrastructure and labour across municipal boundaries, with more than 1.2 million people living in the region it represents approximately 23% of Denmark's population and is the second largest coherent urban area after the Copenhagen metropolitan area [ [http://www2.blst.dk/udgiv/Publikationer/2008/978-87-92256-58-4/html/kap05.htm#5.1 "Danish Befolkningsforhold i Østjylland] , Miljøministeriet, august 2008] .. It is estimated that the area are sufficiently small to be flexible but at the same time has the critical mass to get international visibility in Aarhus as the driving force described as a city with weak signs of status as a World city [http://www.blst.dk/NR/rdonlyres/D57AF934-C471-41E6-A8B0-389AF80A94A6/0/Visionsoplaeg20082008.pdf "Danish Vision Østjylland"] , Miljøministeriet, 20. august 2008] , in line with cities like Antwerp, Dresden, Glasgow, Marseille, Saint Petersburg and Turin.

The area consists of 17 municipalities (see below) which have been invited by the national government to find common ground for cooperation.

East Jutland is by far the area in Denmark with the fastest growing population, about 10,000 per year. From 1 January 2007 to 1 January 2008 the population increased by 10,400.

The East Jutland metropolitan covers a comparatively large area of 9,997 km², slightly larger than the Greater Oslo Region (8.900 km²), but small compared to some other metropolitan areas such as the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (19,000 km²), the Greater Los Angeles Area (87,940 km²) and the Phoenix metropolitan area (37,744 km²).

Transport

Airports

There are two primary commercial airports serving the area:
*Aarhus Airport (in the north)
*Billund Airport (in the south)

Motorway

The area has several motorways but the European route E45 is the motorway that goes from the south to the north and is more or less responsible for the growth in the area; it is along this motorway that the East Jutland metropolitan area is growing.

ports

Football is the most popular spectator sport in Denmark and East Jutland metropolitan area has 4 teams contesting the Danish football championship in the Danish Superliga (there are 12 clubs in the league in all):
*Aarhus Gymnastikforening
*AC Horsens
*Randers FC
*Vejle Boldklub

Colleges and Universities

*Aarhus School of Architecture
*Aarhus School of Business
*Aarhus Technical College
*Engineering College of Aarhus
*The Danish School of Journalism
*University of Aarhus
*VIA University College

Amusement parks

*Djurs Sommerland
*Legoland Billund (Billund, Denmark)
*Tivoli Friheden (Aarhus)

tatistics

The figures below are for the East Jutland metropolitan area 1 July 2008.

Pictures

ee also

*Metropolitan areas of Denmark
*Largest urban areas in the Nordic countries

References

*http://www.blst.dk/NR/rdonlyres/D57AF934-C471-41E6-A8B0-389AF80A94A6/0/Visionsoplaeg20082008.pdf (Danish)
*http://www.aarhuscity-info.dk/untitled.html%20oestjuske%20millionboe.html dk icon
*http://www.tv2regionerne.dk/reg2005/player.aspx?id=405290&r=7 (Danish)
*http://www.frinet.dk/infrastruktur2030 dk icon
*http://www.trafikdage.dk/doks/endeligtpaper/tdpaper107.pdf dk icon
*http://jp.dk/indland/aar/article1226851.ece
*http://ing.dk/artikel/90253 dk icon
*http://www.weekendavisen.dk/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080808/SAMFUND/708080074/-1/samfund dk icon