Norddjurs Municipality
Norddjurs Kommune (Danish)
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Location in Denmark
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| Coordinates: 56°30′N 10°48′E / 56.5°N 10.8°E / 56.5; 10.8 | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Central Denmark |
| Established | 1 January 2007 |
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| • Mayor | Kasper Bjerregaard |
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| • Total | 721.2 km2 (278.5 sq mi) |
| Population
(1. January 2024)[1]
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| • Total | 36,773 |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | norddjurs |
Norddjurs Municipality (Danish: Norddjurs Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region MidtjyllandinDenmark. It covers an area of 721.2 km² and has a population of 36,773 (1. January 2024).
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.[2][3]
| 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 | |||||||||||||
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