Mariagerfjord Municipality
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Mariagerfjord is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 723.63 km² (2011) and a has a population of 42,093 (2014).
On January 1, 2007 Mariagerfjord municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Arden, Hadsund and Hobro, and the major part of Mariager, and a very small part of Aalestrup and a very small part of Nørager municipality.
The municipality consists of the land around Mariager Fjord, its namesake.
Locations
Hobro | 12,000 |
Hadsund | 5,000 |
Mariager | 2,500 |
Arden | 2,500 |
Assens | 1,400 |
Valsgård | 1,100 |
Als | 900 |
Øster Hurup | 700 |
Astrup | 500 |
Politics
Municipal council
Mariagerfjord's municipal council consists of 29 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 | B | C | Borgerlisten Mariagerfjord | F | I | O | V | ||||||
2005 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 72.6% | Hans Christian Maarup (A) | ||||
2009 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 68.2% | ||||||
2013 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 72.8% | Mogens Jespersen (V) | ||||||
2017 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 71.1% | ||||||
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 |
References
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
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