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Viborg Municipality
Viborg Kommune (Danish)
Coat of arms of Viborg Municipality
Location in Denmark
Location in Denmark
Coordinates: 56°27′00″N 9°22′00″E / 56.45°N 9.3667°E / 56.45; 9.3667
CountryDenmark
RegionCentral Denmark
Established1 January 2007
Government
 • MayorKatrine Fusager Rohde (V)
Area
 • Total
1,421.04 km2 (548.67 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2025)[1]
 • Total
97,621
 • Density68.697/km2 (177.92/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8800
Websitewww.viborg.dk Edit this at Wikidata

Viborg Municipality (Danish: Viborg Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,421.04 km2 and has a population of 97,621 (1 January 2025). Its administrative seat and largest town is Viborg.

Viborg Municipality is the second-largest municipality in Denmark by area and forms part of Business Region Aarhus and the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.[2][3] It was created on 1 January 2007 as a result of the Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), through the merger of the former municipalities of Bjerringbro, Fjends, Karup, Møldrup, and Tjele and the old Viborg Municipality.

Locations

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Viborg 41,000
Bjerringbro 7,400
Stoholm 2,500
Karup 2,200
Løgstrup 1,900
Frederiks 1,800
Skals 1,800
Rødkærsbro 1,700
Ørum 1,400
Møldrup 1,300

Politics

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Municipal council

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Viborg's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Election Party Total
seats
Turnout Elected
mayor
A B C D F I K O V Æ Ø Å
2005 14 1 2 1 1 2 10 31 71.6% Johannes Stensgaard (A)
2009 10 3 5 2 11 67.6% Søren Pape Poulsen (C)
2013 9 6 1 2 12 1 74.3% Torsten Nielsen (C)
2017 9 7 2 2 10 1 73.3% Ulrik Wilbek (V)
2021 8 7 1 1 12 1 1 70.1%
2025 6 8 2 2 1 6 4 1 1 71.9% Katrine Fusager Rohde (V)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 and 2021. Data from valg.dk 2025

Twin cities

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Viborg has a twin city in each of the Nordic countries, as well as in other world regions.

See also

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Sources

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References

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  1. ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. ^ "What is Business Region Aarhus". businessregionaarhus.dk. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Tal og statistik" [Figures and Statistics] (in Danish). Byregion Østjylland. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
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