Region Midtjylland

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Region Midtjylland

Country	Denmark
Seat	Viborg
Largest city	Århus
Municipalities	19 - Århus - Favrskov - Hedensted - Herning - Holstebro - Horsens - Ikast-Brande - Lemvig - Norddjurs - Odder - Randers - Ringkøbing-Skjern - Samsø - Silkeborg - Skanderborg - Skive - Struer - Syddjurs - Viborg
Area	13,053 km² (5,040 sq mi)
Population	1,237,041 (2008)
Established	2007
Chairman	Bent Hansen (Social Democrats)
Time zone	CET (UTC1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC2)
Website : www.regionmidtjylland.dk

Region Midtjylland (English: Region Central Jutland) is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties ("amter") with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities were merged into larger units, cutting the number of municipalities from 271 to 98. The reform was implemented in Denmark on January 1, 2007.

Region Midtjylland is located on the north-central portion of the Jutland peninsula and consists of the former counties of Ringkjøbing and Århus (save the western half of Mariager municipality which joined Region Nordjylland), most of the former county of Viborg, and the northern half of Vejle County. The areas in question from the two latter counties were the former municipalities of Bjerringbro, Fjends, Hvorslev, Karup, Kjellerup, Møldrup, Sallingsund, Skive, Spøttrup, Sundsøre, Tjele, and Viborg from Viborg County and Brædstrup, Gedved, Hedensted, Horsens, Juelsminde, Nørre-Snede and Tørring-Uldum from Vejle County.