Skanderborg Municipality

Skanderborg municipality is a municipality (Danish, "kommune") in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark just southvest of Aarhus and is a part of the Aarhus area. It has an area of 436.1 km², and has a total population of 56,044 (2008). Its mayor is Jens Grønlund, representing the "Venstre" party.

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

On January 1, 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 "New Skanderborg Municipality". The former municipality covered an area of 416 km², and had a total population of 49,469 (2005). Its last mayor was Aleksander Aagaard, a member of the "Venstre" (Liberal Party) political party.

Geography

The municipality has two of the three highest natural points of terrain, namely Møllehøj at 170.86 metres (560.56 ft), and Ejer Bavnehøj at 170.35 metres (558.89 ft), in the southern part, southwest of the city of Skanderborg. Himmelbjerget at 147 metres (482.28 ft), is in the western part of the municipality, and Yding Skovhøj at 170.77 metres (560.27 ft), is in Horsens municipality, west of the other two highest points of natural terrain.

External links

* [http://www.skanderborg.dk Municipality's official website]
* [http://www.visitskanderborg.dk/ Skanderborg tourist bureau]

References

* Municipal statistics: [http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta] , delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal merges and neighbors: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]