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Randers Municipality

Coordinates: 56°27′35″N 10°02′10″E / 56.4597222222°N 10.0361111111°E / 56.4597222222; 10.0361111111
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Randers Municipality
Randers Kommune
Municipalities of Denmark
The old Town Hall on the square in Randers with statue of Niels Ebbesen in front
The old Town Hall on the square in Randers with statue of Niels Ebbesen in front
CountryDenmark
RegionRegion Midtjylland
SeatRanders
Government
 • MayorClaus Omann Jensen
Area
 • Total748.21 km2 (288.89 sq mi)
Population
 (1 April 2014)
 • Total96,559
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC2 (CEST)
WebsiteOfficial website
Niels Ebbesen statue in front of the old Town Hall in Randers, Denmark.

Randers Municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 748.21 km², and has a population of 96,559 (1 April 2014). Its mayor as of 1 January 2014 is Claus Omann Jensen, a member of Venstre. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Randers.

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]

Overview

The Guden River (Gudenå), Denmark's longest river, runs from Randers Fjord in Nørhald municipality to the east, through the city of Randers, and splits in two ca. 5 kilometers west of the central city. The northern tributary is called Nørreå ("Northern River"), and it continues westward, defining part of the boundary between Århus and Viborg Counties, and terminates at Vedsø ("Lake Ved") near the town of Rindsholm in Viborg municipality. The 160 kilometer long Guden River continues to Tinnet Krat in Vejle County.

The city's nearly 3 kilometer long Guden River Park (Gudenåparken) stretches along the river's banks in the center of the town.

History

On 1 January 2007 Randers municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing Nørhald, Purhus, and a portion of each of the following municipalities— Langå, Sønderhald, and Mariager— to form an enlarged Randers municipality.

Subdivisions

The municipality is composed by the city of Randers and 31 villages:

Nr Place Population (2011)[3]
1 Randers 60,656
2 Assentoft 3,262
3 Langå 2,871
4 Spentrup 2,458
5 Stevnstrup 1,861
6 Øster Bjerregrav 1,082
7 Fårup 1,029
8 Harridslev 996
9 Øster Tørslev 926
10 Havndal 884
11 Gjerlev 650
12 Mejlby 638
13 Asferg 608
14 Mellerup 590
15 Uggelhuse 454
16 Gassum 433
17 Hald 391
18 Råsted 324
19 Værum 297
20 Hørning 292
21 Albæk 286
22 Ålum 283
23 Dalbyover 280
24 Udbyhøj Vasehuse 252
25 Gimming 251
26 Tånum 242
27 Helstrup 227
28 Tvede 226
29 Linde 224
30 Lem 221
31 Sønderbæk 206
32 Enslev 202

Notable residents of the Municipality

Christopher Peter Jürgensen, 1880s

Sport

  • Lars Elstrup (born 1963 in Råby) a Danish former professional footballer, with 340 club caps and 34 for Denmark
  • Erik Bo Andersen (born 1970 in Dronningborg) a Danish former professional footballer with 200 club caps and 6 for Denmark
  • Michael Gravgaard (born 1978 in Spentrup) a Danish former footballer with 317 club caps and 18 for Denmark
  • Simone Böhme (born 1991 in Spentrup) a Danish female handballer

Sources

References

  1. ^ "What is Business Region Aarhus". businessregionaarhus.dk. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Tal og statistik" [Figures and Statistics] (in Danish). Byregion Østjylland. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  3. ^ (in Danish) Danmarks Statistikbank
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