Silkeborg municipality
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Silkeborg municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Aarhus County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 255 km², and has a total population of 55.080 (2005). Its mayor is Jens Erik Jørgensen, a member of the Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) political party.
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Silkeborg.
Neighboring municipalities are Ry to the southeast, Gjern to the northeast, Kjellerup to the northwest, Ikast to the west, and Them to the south.
By January 1, 2007 Silkeborg municipality will cease to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It will be merged with existing Gjern, Kjellerup, and Them municipalities to form the new Silkeborg municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 857 km² and a total population of 84,167 (2005). The new municipality will belong to the new Region Midtjylland ("Mid-Jutland Region").
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[edit] Municipality population
As of January 1:
[edit] The town of Silkeborg
Main article: Silkeborg
The town is of Silkeborg is divided north and south by the lake, Silkeborg Langsø, which at the eastern side of the town, resolves into the Guden River (Gudenaa). Silkeborg was the home town of COBRA painter Asger Jorn, and has several interesting art museums and excibitions, including Silkeborg Museum with its large Asger Jorn collection.
[edit] External links
- Municipality's official website
- The new Silkeborg municipality's official website (Danish only)
- silkeborg.com - HOME:(English site)
[edit] References
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
