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Silkeborg Municipality
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Denmark | |
| Coordinates: 56°10′42″N 9°33′05″E / 56.1783°N 9.5514°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Central Denmark |
| Established | 1 January 2007 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Helle Gade |
| Area | |
• Total | 857 km2 (331 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2026)[1] | |
• Total | 102,753 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (311/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 8600 |
| Website | www |
Silkeborg Municipality (Danish: Silkeborg Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 857.16 km2, and has a population of 102,753 (1 January 2026). Its mayor is Helle Gade, of the party Social Democrats (Denmark). 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 ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), 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.[2][3]
List of settlements
[edit]| # | Settlement | Population (2010) | Population (2025)[4] |
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| 1 | Silkeborg | 42,396 | 52,571 |
| 2 | Kjellerup | 4,794 | 5,247 |
| 3 | Sejs-Svejbæk | 3,842 | 4,677 |
| 4 | Virklund | 3,286 | 3,923 |
| 5 | Them | 2,225 | 2,448 |
| 6 | Voel | 1,347 | 1,965 |
| 7 | Ans | 1,728 | 1,906 |
| 8 | Bryrup | 1,605 | 1,624 |
| 9 | Gjern | 1,432 | 1,529 |
| 10 | Fårvang | 1,314 | 1,391 |
| 11 | Sorring | 1,058 | 1,165 |
| 12 | Thorning | 1,033 | 1,006 |
The town of Silkeborg
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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 (Gudenaa). 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
[edit]Municipal council
[edit]Silkeborg's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||||
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| A | B | C | D | F | I | K | O | V | Æ | Ø | Å | ||||
| 2005 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 31 | 71.8% | Jens Erik Jørgensen (C) | |||||
| 2009 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 68.6% | Hanne Bæk Olsen (A) | ||||||||
| 2013 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 76.3% | Steen Vindum (V) | |||||
| 2017 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 74.7% | |||||
| 2021 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 73.3% | Helle Gade (A) | ||||||
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 73.9% | |||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 and 2021. Data from valg.dk 2025 | |||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ↑ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ↑ "What is Business Region Aarhus". businessregionaarhus.dk. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ↑ "Tal og statistik" [Figures and Statistics] (in Danish). Byregion Østjylland. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ↑ "BY1: Folketal 1. januar efter byområde, alder og køn". Danmarks Statistikbank. Danmarks Statistik. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
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- ↑ "Bs - Kommunefakta - Kommunale nøgletal for de danske kommuner". August 12, 2007. Archived from the original on August 12, 2007.
- ↑ "Danmarkskort". October 11, 2007. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007.
- ↑ "Danmark". kort.krak.dk.