Viborg County () is a former

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( Danish: ''

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'') in the north-central part of the

Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

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in western

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

. The county was abolished on 1 January 2007, when most of it merged into

Region Midtjylland The Central Denmark Region (), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid-Jutland, is an administrative Regions of Denmark, region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municip ...

(i.e. ''Region Central Jutland''). A smaller portion merged into

Region Nordjylland The North Jutland Region (), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the traditional counties () an ...

(''Region North Jutland'').

List of County Mayors

List of County Governors

* Florian Martensen-Larsen (1970–1981) * Jørgen Hansen Koch (1981–1987) * Karl Johan Christensen (1988–1995) * Bent Klinte (1995–2004) * Erik Møller (2004–2006)

Municipalities (1970–2006)

References

Former counties of Denmark (1970–2006) Central Denmark Region North Jutland Region {{CentralDK-stub