Norddjurs Municipality Explained

Norddjurs Municipality
Flag Size:120x80px
Subdivision Type:Country
Established Title:Established
Leader Title:Mayor
Area Total Km2:721.2
Population As Of:1. January 2024
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:36773
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Norddjurs Municipality (Danish: Norddjurs Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland in Denmark. It covers an area of 721.2 km² and has a population of 36,773 (1. January 2024).

On 1 January 2007 Norddjurs municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Grenå, Nørre Djurs and Rougsø, along with the eastern part of Sønderhald municipality. It includes the island of Anholt in its extreme northeast.

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]

Locations

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Politics

Municipal council

Norddjurs' municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years.

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

ElectionPartyTotal
seats
TurnoutElected
mayor
2005111131102769.2%Torben Jensen (L)
2009111342666.2%Jan Petersen (A)
201311112226270.4%
20171122236169.0%
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

Parishes

Sources

Notes and References

  1. https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY2?lang=en BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities
  2. Web site: What is Business Region Aarhus. businessregionaarhus.dk. 15 January 2019.
  3. Web site: Tal og statistik. Figures and Statistics. Byregion Østjylland. 25 April 2016. da. https://web.archive.org/web/20160427191257/http://byregionoestjylland.dk/Statistik.html. 27 April 2016. dead.