Skanderborg Municipality () is a municipality (
Danish, ''
kommune'')
in
Region Midtjylland
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on the
Jutland
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peninsula in central
Denmark
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, just southwest of
Aarhus
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. It covers an area of 462.45 km
2, with a population of 65,760 (1. January 2025).
Its mayor as of 1 April 2019 is
Frands Fischer, representing the ''
Social Democrats
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'' political party.
Skanderborg is the municipality's main town, and serves as the seat of the municipal council.
On 1 January 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 the present, expanded "Skanderborg Municipality". The former municipality covered an area of 143.22 km
2, and had a population of 21,745 (2003). Its last mayor was Aleksander Aagaard, a member of the agrarian liberal
Venstre political party
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.
The municipality is part of
Business Region Aarhus and of the
East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.
Geography
The municipality has two of Denmark's three highest natural points of terrain, namely
Møllehøj at , and
Ejer Bavnehøj at , in the southern part, southwest of the city of Skanderborg.
Himmelbjerget at , is in the western part of the municipality, and
Yding Skovhøj at , is in neighboring
Horsens municipality, west of the other two highest points of natural terrain.
Locations
Politics
Municipal council
Skanderborg's municipal council consists of 29 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the
Municipal Reform of 2007.
References
Sources
* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)* Municipal merges and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
External links
Municipality's official websiteSkanderborg tourist bureau
Municipalities of the Central Denmark Region
Municipalities of Denmark
Populated places established in 2007
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