Syddjurs Municipality (Danish: Syddjurs Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland in Denmark just north of Aarhus and is a part of the Aarhus area. It covers an area of 696.7 km² and has a population of 44,076 (1. January 2024).
Syddjurs Municipality
Syddjurs Kommune (Danish) | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Denmark | |
| Coordinates: 56°18′45″N 10°31′15″E / 56.3125°N 10.5208°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Central Denmark |
| Established | 1 January 2007 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Michael Stegger Jensen |
| Area | |
| • Total | 696.7 km2 (269.0 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2024)[1] | |
| • Total | 44,076 |
| • Density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
On 1 January 2007 Syddjurs municipality ("South Djursland") was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Ebeltoft, Midtdjurs, Rosenholm, and Rønde. The municipality covers most of southern Djursland, Skødshoved, Helgenæs, Mols and the Ebeltoft peninsula.
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
edit| Ebeltoft | 7,300 |
| Hornslet | 6,300 |
| Rønde | 3,300 |
| Ryomgård | 2,700 |
| Kolind | 1,900 |
| Mørke | 1,700 |
| Ugelbølle | 1,500 |
| Thorsager | 1,400 |
| Pindstrup | 770 |
| Knebel | 620 |
| Nimtofte | 598 |
Politics
editMunicipal council
editSyddjurs' municipal council consists of 27 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 | F | I | L | O | V | Ø | Å | ||||
| 2005 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 72.2% | Vilfred Friborg Hansen (A) | |||
| 2009 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 67.9% | Kirstine Bille (F) | ||||
| 2013 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 74.8% | Claus Wistoft (V) | |||
| 2017 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 73.8% | Ole Bollesen (A) | |||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | |||||||||||||
Sources
edit- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
References
edit- ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ "What is Business Region Aarhus". businessregionaarhus.dk. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Tal og statistik" [Figures and Statistics] (in Danish). Byregion Østjylland. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
External links
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- Syddjurs municipality's official website (in Danish)
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