Norddjurs is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland in Denmark. It covers an area of 723.15 km² and has a population of 37,839 (1 April 2014).
Norddjurs | |
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Municipality | |
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Location in Denmark | |
Coordinates: 56°30′N 10°48′E | |
Country | Denmark |
Region | Central Denmark |
Established | 1 January 2007 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Kasper Bjerregaard |
Area | |
• Total | 661 km2 (255 sq mi) |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 38,144 |
• Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | www![]() |
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.[1][2]
Grenaa | 14,000 |
Auning | 2,900 |
Allingåbro | 1,800 |
Ørsted | 1,400 |
Trustrup | 790 |
Vivild | 790 |
Bønnerup Strand | 740 |
Ørum | 700 |
Glesborg | 580 |
Norddjurs' 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 | |||||||||
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A | C | F | I | L | O | V | Ø | ||||||
2005 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 69.2% | Torben Jensen (L) | ||||
2009 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 66.2% | Jan Petersen (A) | |||||
2013 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 70.4% | ||||
2017 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 69.0% | |||||
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 |
Places adjacent to Norddjurs Municipality | |
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Mid Jutland Region | ||
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