Silkeborg Municipality
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Silkeborg Municipality (Danish: Silkeborg Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 857.16 km2, and has a population of 100,747 (1. January 2024). Its mayor is Steen Vindum, of the party Venstre. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Silkeborg.
Silkeborg Municipality
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Coordinates: 56°10′42″N 9°33′05″E | |
Country | Denmark |
Region | Central Denmark |
Established | 1 January 2007 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Helle Gade |
Area | |
• Total | 857 km2 (331 sq mi) |
Population (1. January 2024)[1] | |
• Total | 100,747 |
• Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | www |
On 1 January 2007 Silkeborg municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with Gjern, Kjellerup, and Them municipalities to form the new Silkeborg municipality.
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.[2][3]