Mariagerfjord Municipality () is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in
North Jutland Region
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in
Denmark
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. It covers an area of 723.63 km²; (2011) it has a population of 41,606 (2025).
On 1 January 2007 Mariagerfjord municipality was created as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Arden,
Hadsund
Hadsund () is a town in the eastern part of Jutland with a population of 4,918 (1 January 2025; 5,356 incl. Hadsund South). The town is located by the narrow strait of ''Hadsund,'' along an inlet of the Mariager Fjord. It is situated south of th ...
and
Hobro
Hobro () is an old market and railway town in Region Nordjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It has a population of 12,360 (1 January 2025). The town is situated in a hilly terrain at the head of Mariager Fjord, close to the f ...
, and the major part of
Mariager
Mariager is a town in Denmark with a population of 2,650 (1 January 2025).Aalestrup and a very small part of Nørager municipality.
The municipality consists of the land around
Mariager Fjord
With a length of approximately 35 km (22 statute miles), Mariager Fjord is the longest fjord in Jutland, and the 2nd longest fjord (tied with Ise Fjord on Zealand), behind Roskilde Fjord in Denmark (excluding the self-governing territory of Gree ...
, its
namesake
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.
Locations
Politics
Municipal council
Mariagerfjord's municipal council consists of 29 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.