Mariagerfjord Municipality
Mariagerfjord Municipality (Danish: Mariagerfjord Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 723.63 km² (2011) and a has a population of 41,859 (2023).
Mariagerfjord Municipality
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 A sailboat in Mariager Fjord | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Denmark | |
| Coordinates: 56°41′N 9°56′E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | North Jutland |
| Established | 1 January 2007 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mogens Jespersen |
| Area | |
| • Total | 769 km2 (297 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2023)[1] | |
| • Total | 41,859 |
| • Density | 54/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
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 and Hobro, and the major part of Mariager, and a very small part of Aalestrup and a very small part of Nørager municipality.
The municipality consists of the land around Mariager Fjord, its namesake.
Locations
| Hobro | 12,000 |
| Hadsund | 5,000 |
| Mariager | 2,500 |
| Arden | 2,500 |
| Assens | 1,400 |
| Valsgård | 1,100 |
| Als | 900 |
| Øster Hurup | 700 |
| Astrup | 500 |
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.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
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| A | B | C | D | F | I | O | V | ||||||
| 2005 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 72.6% | Hans Christian Maarup (A) | ||||
| 2009 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 68.2% | ||||||
| 2013 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 72.8% | Mogens Jespersen (V) | ||||||
| 2017 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 71.1% | ||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | |||||||||||||
References
- BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
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