Viborg Municipality
Viborg municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,390 km², and has a total population of 92,084 (2008). Its mayor is Johannes Stensgaard, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Viborg.
On January 1, 2007 Viborg municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with Bjerringbro, Fjends, Karup, Møldrup, and Tjele municipalities to form an enlarged Viborg municipality.
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[edit] Twin cities
Viborg has a twin city in each of the Nordic countries, as well as in other world regions.
Porvoo, Finland
Dalvík, Iceland
Greifswald, Germany
Hamar, Norway
Kecskemét, Hungary
León, Nicaragua
Lund Municipality, Sweden
Nevers, France
Zabrze, Poland
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- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
- Searchable/printable municipal maps: Krak mapsearch(outline visible but doesn't print out!)
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Coordinates: 56°27′00″N 9°22′00″E / 56.45°N 9.36667°E
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