Skive Municipality () is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Mid Jutland Region on Salling Peninsula, a part of the larger

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Peninsula in northwest

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. It covers an area of 688.09 km² (2013) and has a population of 44,328 (2025). Its mayor is Peder Christian Kirkegaard, a member of the Venstre

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. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Skive. The Virksund Bridge (''Virksundbroen'') connects the municipality at the town of Virksund to the town of Sundstrup in

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. As of January 1, 2007, the original Skive municipality ceased to exist as a result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007). It was merged with the former Sallingsund, Spøttrup, and Sundsøre municipalities, to form the new Skive municipality. The old municipality had an area of 230 km² and a population of 27,919 (2005). Before the reform, the municipality was part of Viborg County. Skive itself is a coastal tourist resort, at the mouth of the Karup River (''Karup Å'') and the Skive Fjord. As of 1992, the population was 19,711. In June 2022,

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visited the municipality.

Locations

Politics

Municipal council

Skive's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years. Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Attractions

* The 14th century Spøttrup Castle underwent extensive repairs in the 1940s and opened as a museum and medicinal herb garden. * Skive Art Museum (''Skive Kunstmuseum'') is housed in a building designed by Danish

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Leopold Teschl, who also designed the Skive Historical Museum. The art museum houses a broad collection of modern Danish art with special interest in expressive landscapes and New Realism painting. Also, the collection includes works by local artists, including Christen Dalsgaard, national romantic painter associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting. * The Fur Museum is located on the island of

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, part of the Skive municipality. It features exhibits relating to the island of Fur, particularly fossils. * The Mønsted Limestone Caves south-west of the town of Skive are run by Denmark's nature-preservation group, ''Skov- og Naturstyrelse''. As well as being a tourist attraction, the caves are used as a place to age

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, which is then exported to

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as "cavecheese". In winter, the caves are home to 10,000

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References

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map

External links

Municipality's official website

The new Skive municipality's official website (Danish only)

Skive Skive Folkeblad - City Local Newspaper

Skive tourism bureau

Spøttrup Castle

Skive Art Museum

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