Viborg Municipality


Viborg Municipality is a municipality in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,421.04 km2 and has a population of 97,621. Its administrative seat and largest town is Viborg.
Viborg Municipality is the second-largest municipality in Denmark by area and forms part of Business Region Aarhus and the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016. It was created on 1 January 2007 as a result of the Kommunalreformen, through the merger of the former municipalities of Bjerringbro, Fjends, Karup, Møldrup, and Tjele and the old Viborg Municipality.

Locations

Politics

Municipal council

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

Twin cities

Viborg has a twin city in each of the Nordic countries, as well as in other world regions.