Randers municipality
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) in Region Midtjylland
Region Midtjylland
Central Denmark Region or Central Jutland Region is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities were merged into larger...
on the Jutland
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peninsula in central Denmark
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. The municipality covers an area of 793 km², and has a total population of 94,750 (2010). Its mayor is Henning Jensen Nyhuus, a member of the Social Democrats. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Randers
Randers
Randers is a city in Randers municipality on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 60,656 . Randers city is the main town of the municipality and the site of its municipal council.-Overview:Randers municipality has 94,750 inhabitants...
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Overview
The Guden River (GudenåGudenå
The River Guden , on the Jutland peninsula, is Denmark's longest river. It flows 176 kilometres from Tinnet Krat in Vejle County, between Nørre Snede and Tørring-Uldum, to Randers Fjord in Randers, on a course which takes it through central Jutland...
), 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
Viborg County
Viborg Amt is a former county in the north-central part of the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The county was abolished on 1 January 2007, when most of it merged into Region Midtjylland...
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 January 1, 2007 Randers municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing NørhaldNørhald municipality
Until January 1, 2007 Nørhald municipality was a municipality in the former Aarhus County on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 201 km², and had a total population of 8.627 . Its last mayor was Anders Buhl-Christensen, a member...
, Purhus
Purhus municipality
Until January 1, 2007 Purhus municipality was a municipality in the former Aarhus County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 169 km², and had a total population of 8,547 . Its last mayor was Berner Nielsen, a member of the Social Democrats political...
, and a portion of each of the following municipalities— Langå
Langå municipality
Until January 1, 2007 Langå municipality was a municipality in Aarhus County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 133 km², and had a total population of 8.396 . Its last mayor was Hanne Nielsen, a member of the Social Democrats political party...
, Sønderhald
Sønderhald municipality
Until January 1, 2007 Sønderhald municipality was a municipality in the former Aarhus County in the eastern part of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. It covered an area of 138 km², and had a total population of 8.503 . Its last mayor was Kirsten Wyrtz, a member of the Social Democrats ...
, and Mariager
Mariager municipality
Until January 1, 2007 Mariager municipality was a municipality in Aarhus County on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 201 km², and had a total population of 8,300...
— to form an enlarged Randers municipality.
Subdivisions
The municipality is composed by the city of Randers and 31 villages:| Nr | Place | Population (2011) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randers Randers Randers is a city in Randers municipality on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 60,656 . Randers city is the main town of the municipality and the site of its municipal council.-Overview:Randers municipality has 94,750 inhabitants... |
60,656 |
| 2 | Assentoft Assentoft Assentoft is a town in central Denmark, located in Randers municipality in Jutland. The population is 3,262 .The town is situated east of Randers.-History:... |
3,262 |
| 3 | Langå Langå Langå, is a railway town in central Denmark with a population of 2,871 , located in Randers municipality in Region Midtjylland in Jutland. Until January 1, 2007 it was the site of the municipal council of the now former Langå municipality.... |
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 Alum Alum is both a specific chemical compound and a class of chemical compounds. The specific compound is the hydrated potassium aluminium sulfate with the formula KAl2.12H2O. The wider class of compounds known as alums have the related empirical formula, AB2.12H2O.-Chemical properties:Alums are... |
283 |
| 23 | Dalbyover | 280 |
| 24 | Udbyhøj Vasehuse | 252 |
| 25 | Gimming | 251 |
| 26 | Tånum Tanum Tanum may refer to:*Tanum Municipality in Sweden*Tanum in Bærum, Norway*Tanum , a Norwegian bookstore chain owned by Egmont... |
242 |
| 27 | Helstrup | 227 |
| 28 | Tvede | 226 |
| 29 | Linde | 224 |
| 30 | Lem | 221 |
| 31 | Sønderbæk | 206 |
| 32 | Enslev | 202 |
Famous residents of the municipality
- Henrik PontoppidanHenrik PontoppidanHenrik Pontoppidan was a realist writer who shared with Karl Gjellerup the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1917 for "his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark." Pontoppidan's novels and short stories — informed with a desire for social progress but despairing, later in his...
(1857-1943), Nobel Prize laureate - Former Prime Minister Jens Otto KragJens Otto KragJens Otto Krag was a Danish politician. He was Prime Minister from 1962 to 1968 and again from 1971 to 1972....
(1962-1968) was born and raised in Randers 1914, and lived there until 1932. He was the city's representative in Parliament (Folketinget) during most of his active Parliament career. He represented the Social DemocratsSocial Democrats (Denmark)The Social Democrats , is a Danish political party committed to the political ideology of social democracy. It is the major coalition partner in Denmark's government since the 2011 parliamentary election, and party leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the current Prime Minister of Denmark...
(Socialdemokraterne) political party.