Silkeborg Municipality

Silkeborg Municipality is a municipality in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 857.16 km², and has a population of 101,574. Its mayor is Helle Gade, of the party Social Democrats. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Silkeborg.
On 1 January 2007, Silkeborg municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen, merged with Gjern, Kjellerup, and Them municipalities to form the new Silkeborg municipality.
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.

List of settlements

The town of Silkeborg

The town of Silkeborg is divided into a northern and southern part by the lake, Silkeborg Langsø, which at the eastern side of the town, resolves into the Guden River. Silkeborg was the home town of COBRA painter Asger Jorn, and has several interesting art museums and exhibitions, including Museum Jorn, Silkeborg with its large Asger Jorn collection.

Politics

Municipal council

Silkeborg's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.