Cathedral in Viborg, Denmark. ©2001 Hans Andersen.

Viborg municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Viborg County on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 313 km², and has a total population of 43,851 (2005). Its mayor is Johannes Stensgaard, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party. A commune is an administrative subdivision of various European and African countries, including Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Senegal, and the Scandinavian countries. ... Viborg and Nyslott County was a county in Finnish Karelia 1634–1743, returned to Finland 1812–1944 under the name of Viborg County Viborgs Amt (English Viborg County) is a county in western Denmark, in the north-central part of the peninsula of Jutland. ... Jutland Peninsula Jutland (Danish: Jylland; German: Jütland) is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the mainland part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... The Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne), is a Danish political party. ... // Government Denmark is a constitutional monarchy with an almost unbroken link of monarchs for more than 1,000 years (except for an interregnum of eight years from 1332 to 1340). ...

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Viborg. Viborg is a town located in Jutland, Denmark. ...

Neighboring municipalities are Bjerringbro and Tjele to the east, Møldrup and Skive to the north, Fjends to the west, and Karup and Kjellerup to the south.

By January 1, 2007 Viborg municipality will, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), be merged with Bjerringbro, Fjends, Karup, Møldrup, and Tjele municipalities to form an enlarged Viborg municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 1,390 km² and a total population of 88,945 (2005). The municipality will belong to the new Region Midtjylland ("Mid-Jutland Region"). January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2007 (MMVII) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Denmark is divided into 13 counties (amter), and 271 municipalities (kommuner). ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Region Midtjylland (English: Region Central Jutland) is a future administrative region created under the Danish Municipal Reform, which replaces the traditional counties (amter) with five larger regions. ...

External links

• Municipality's official website
• The new Viborg municipality's official website (Danish only)]

References

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map