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Randers Municipality (Randers Kommune) Municipalities of Denmark 
The old Town Hall on the square in Randers with statue of Niels Ebbesen in frontCountry Denmark Region Region Midtjylland Seat Randers Area 800.14 km2 (309 sq mi) Population 94,750 (2010) Mayor Henning Jensen Nyhuus (Socialdemokraterne) Timezone CET (UTC1) - summer (DST) CEST (UTC2) 
Website: Official website 
Niels Ebbesen statue in front of the old Town Hall in Randers, Denmark.
Randers Municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 793 km², and has a total population of 94,750 (2010). Its mayor is Henning Jensen Nyhuus, a member of the Social Democrats. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Randers.
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Overview
The Guden River (Gudenå), Denmark's longest river runs from Randers Fjord in Nørhald municipality to the east, through the city of Randers, and splits in two ca. 5 kilometers west of the central city. The northern tributary is called Nørreå ("Northern River"), and it continues westward, defining part of the boundary between Århus and Viborg Counties, and terminates at Vedsø ("Lake Ved") near the town of Rindsholm in Viborg municipality. The 160 kilometer long Guden River continues to Tinnet Krat in Vejle County.
The city's nearly 3 kilometer long Guden River Park (Gudenåparken) stretches along the river's banks in the center of the town.
History
On January 1, 2007 Randers municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing Nørhald, Purhus, and a portion of each of the following municipalities— Langå, Sønderhald, and Mariager— to form an enlarged Randers municipality.
Subdivisions
The municipality is composed by the city of Randers and 31 villages:
Nr Place Population (2011)[1] 1 Randers 60,656 2 Assentoft 3,262 3 Langå 2,871 4 Spentrup 2,458 5 Stevnstrup 1,861 6 Øster Bjerregrav 1,082 7 Fårup 1,029 8 Harridslev 996 9 Øster Tørslev 926 10 Havndal 884 11 Gjerlev 650 12 Mejlby 638 13 Asferg 608 14 Mellerup 590 15 Uggelhuse 454 16 Gassum 433 17 Hald 391 18 Råsted 324 19 Værum 297 20 Hørning 292 21 Albæk 286 22 Ålum 283 23 Dalbyover 280 24 Udbyhøj Vasehuse 252 25 Gimming 251 26 Tånum 242 27 Helstrup 227 28 Tvede 226 29 Linde 224 30 Lem 221 31 Sønderbæk 206 32 Enslev 202 Famous residents of the municipality
- Henrik Pontoppidan (1857-1943), Nobel Prize laureate
- Former Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag (1962-1968) was born and raised in Randers 1914, and lived there until 1932. He was the city's representative in Parliament (Folketinget) during most of his active Parliament career. He represented the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.
References
- ^ (Danish) Danmarks Statistikbank
- 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!)
External links
Coordinates: 56°27′35″N 10°02′10″E / 56.4597222222°N 10.0361111111°E
Categories:- Municipalities of Central Denmark Region
- Municipalities of Denmark
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