East Jutland metropolitan area

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'''East Jutland metropolitan area''' ({{langx|da|Byregion Østjylland}}) is a potential metropolitan area in Jutland and Funen, Denmark. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.information.dk/309427|title=Information.dk: En stor by holder stor fest i storbyen – kan det blive større?, 2012|work=Dagbladet Information|date=29 August 2012 }}</ref> Aarhus is the most populated city in the region.

The National Planning Report of 2006, published by the Danish Environment Ministry, argued that "East Jutland is developing into a coherent area with high population growth and division of labour between the cities in the urban band that extends from Kolding to Randers" and foresaw "the contours of a future million-city". The report recommended dialogue about future development between the state, the region and the municipalities.<ref>See ''"Aarhus Kommune og etableringen af en politisk ramme-struktur for den østjyske byregion"''.</ref><ref>See ''"Landsplanredegørelse 2006"'', p. 20.</ref>

In the next National Planning Report of 2013, the area was split into East Jutland North ({{langx|da|Østjylland Nord}}) and the Triangle Region ({{langx|da| Trekantsområdet }}). The municipalities in the two subregions cooperate as Business Region Aarhus and the Triangle Region respectively.<ref name=DØM>See ''"Den Østjyske Millionby"'', p. 13-15.</ref><ref>See ''"Landsplanredegørelse 2013"'', p. 23.</ref>

With about 1.4 million people living in the area, it represents approximately 25% of the population of Denmark.<ref>[http://www2.blst.dk/udgiv/Publikationer/2008/978-87-92256-58-4/html/kap05.htm#5.1 "Danish Befolkningsforhold i Østjylland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719120912/http://www2.blst.dk/udgiv/Publikationer/2008/978-87-92256-58-4/html/kap05.htm#5.1 |date=19 July 2011 }}, Miljøministeriet, august 2008</ref> The area has 19 municipalities as of 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.blst.dk/udgiv/Publikationer/2008/978-87-92256-58-4/html/kap05.htm#5.1|title=Befolkningsforhold i Østjylland – Erhvervs- og Befolkningsforhold i Østjylland – Bidrag til samarbejdsprojektet om Byudvikling i Østjyllandl|website=www2.blst.dk|access-date=16 September 2008|archive-date=19 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719120912/http://www2.blst.dk/udgiv/Publikationer/2008/978-87-92256-58-4/html/kap05.htm#5.1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Economy== [[File:Emma Mærsk2.jpg|thumb|left|Emma Mærsk, at the time the world's largest container ship, in Aarhus Harbor, 5 September 2006. Aarhus' central location within Denmark facilitates transport throughout the country and beyond]] The metropolitan area is a major hub for education and is home to many large companies; in particular in the sectors of food production, agriculture, renewable energy and green tech. Major companies include Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Arla Foods. Vestas is a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines and the largest in the world of its kind; and Arla is a Swedish-Danish dairy cooperative with headquarters in Aarhus and is the largest producer of dairy products in Scandinavia and the seventh largest dairy company in the world, measured by turnover. Among cooperative dairy companies, Arla is the third largest in the world.

The primary harbour of the region is Aarhus harbour. It is the largest industrial harbour in Denmark and among largest in Northern Europe, only surpassed by the Swedish industrial harbour in Gothenburg in the Kattegat sea area. With modern facilities, it handles approximately 12 million tonnes of cargo (2006) per year and is therefore among the 100 biggest container ports in the world.<ref>[http://www.aarhushavn.dk/pages/regnskab/XII.htm XII.Godsomsætning] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010827011440/http://www.aarhushavn.dk/pages/regnskab/XII.htm |date=27 August 2001 }}, Århus Havn, 2000 {{in lang|da}}</ref>

Greater Aarhus boasts a unique position in the global wind energy market. It is home to some of the world's biggest manufacturers of wind turbines and constitutes the world's most advanced knowledge center. An array of suppliers and subcontractors, covers the entire supply chain and the sector benefits from a solid political backing of wind energy on local, regional and national level. The wind business cluster here has a long legacy of cooperation between manufacturers, suppliers, scientific communities and public authorities. As a knowledge hub and gathering point for the wind industry, Aarhus is likely to play a vital role in developing the wind energy systems of the future:

· 87% of Denmark's combined turnover from wind energy is generated by businesses in the Greater Aarhus area

· 53% of Denmark's high-skill wind employees work in the Greater Aarhus area

· 57% of all top executives in the Danish wind industry work in the Greater Aarhus area

· 14,000 employees in the Danish wind industry work within Central Region Denmark – 11,000 of them within one hour drive from Aarhus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aarhus.dk/da/sitecore/content/Subsites/aarhuswindenergy/Home.aspx |title=Aarhus Wind Energy Home |accessdate=2011-11-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120719021240/http://www.aarhus.dk/da/sitecore/content/Subsites/aarhuswindenergy/Home.aspx |archivedate=19 July 2012 }}</ref>

==Colleges and universities== [[Image:Aarhus universitet.jpg|thumb|right|Aarhus University]] Notable universities and educational institutions within the area includes:

*Aarhus University *University of Southern Denmark *Aarhus School of Architecture *Aarhus School of Business *Aarhus Technical College *Engineering College of Aarhus *The Danish School of Journalism *VIA University College

==Infrastructure== right|150px There are two primary commercial international airports serving the area: *Aarhus Airport (in the north) *Billund Airport (in the south) thumb|centre|750px|Billund Airport 2007

The area has several motorways but the European route E45 goes from the south to the north and is central to the area's growth.

==Statistics== thumb|180px|East Jutland metropolitan area thumb|180px|East Jutland metropolitan area, most populous area

{| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Population |- | 2008 || style="text-align:right;"| 1,212,781 |- | 2009 || style="text-align:right;"| 1,223,823 |- | 2010 || style="text-align:right;"| 1,231,151 |- | 2011 || style="text-align:right;"| 1,239,416 |- | 2012 || style="text-align:right;"| 1,246,252 |- | 2013 || style="text-align:right;"| 1,254,152 |- | 2014 || style="text-align:right;"| 1,260,620 |- | 2016 || style="text-align:right;"| 1,378,978 |}

The core area around Aarhus is the most populated area in East Jutland, and that area is much smaller in km<sup>2</sup> – 6,182 km<sup>2</sup> – (2386 sq. mi) and with a population of more than one million.

The figures below are for the core area centered on Aarhus and most populous area in the East Jutland metropolitan area as of 1 January 2016.<ref name="dst.dk">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dst.dk/Statistik/kit.aspx |title=Kommuner på landkortet – Danmarks Statistik |access-date=18 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206220558/http://www.dst.dk/Statistik/kit.aspx |archive-date=6 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Municipality !! Population !! Area¹!! Density² |-align=right bgcolor=#ddddff |align=left|Århus municipality||330,639||468||698 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Vejle municipality||111,743||1,058||103 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Randers municipality||97,520||746||129 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Kolding municipality||91,695||607||145 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Silkeborg municipality||90,719||850||102 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Horsens municipality||87,736||519||166 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Skanderborg municipality||59,481||416||141 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Fredericia municipality||50,689||134||376 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Favrskov municipality||47,655||540||87 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Hedensted municipality||46,206||551||83 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Odder municipality||22,131||223||98 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |-align=right bgcolor=#ddddff |-align=right bgcolor=#dddddd !align=left| East jutland core area!!1,036,214 !!6,182!!168 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |}

The figures below are for the whole East Jutland metropolitan area as of 1 January 2016.<ref name="dst.dk"/> {| class="wikitable" ! Municipality !! Population !! Area¹!! Density² |-align=right bgcolor=#ddddff |align=left|Århus municipality||330,639||468||698 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Vejle municipality||111,743||1,058||103 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Randers municipality||97,520||746||129 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Viborg municipality||95,776||1,409||68 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Kolding municipality||91,695||607||145 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Silkeborg municipality||90,719||850||102 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Horsens municipality||87,736||515||163 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Skanderborg municipality||59,481||416||140 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Haderslev municipality||56,029||815||69 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Fredericia municipality||50,689||134||376 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Favrskov municipality||47,655||540||87 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Hedensted municipality||46,206||551||83 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Vejen municipality||42,869||812||53 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Syddjurs municipality||41,889||689||59 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Norddjurs municipality||38,144||721||53 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Middelfart municipality||37,913||299||126 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Billund municipality||26,434||540||49 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Odder municipality||22,131||223||97 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |align=left|Samsø municipality||3,710||113||32 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |-align=right bgcolor=#ddddff |-align=right bgcolor=#dddddd !align=left|Total East jutland metropolitan area!!1,378,978 !!11,521!!119 |-align=right bgcolor=#ffdddd |}

== Subregions == In the National Planning Report of 2013 ({{langx|da|Landsplanredegørelse 2013}}), the term East Jutland metropolitan area was replaced by the two subregions of East Jutland North ({{langx|da|Østjylland Nord}}) and the Triangle Region ({{langx|da|Trekantsområdet}}).<ref name=DØM /><ref>See ''"Landsplanredegørelse 2013"''.</ref> The municipalities of the two subregions cooperate as Business Region Aarhus and the Triangle Region. === Business Region Aarhus === Business Region Aarhus is a partnership between the 12 municipalities of Favrskov, Hedensted, Horsens, Norddjurs, Odder, Randers, Samsø, Silkeborg, Skanderborg, Syddjurs, Viborg, and Aarhus, all in the Central Denmark Region.<ref name="Business Region Aarhus">{{cite web|url=https://businessregionaarhus.com/our-partnership/our-partnership/what-is-business-region-aarhus/|title=What is Business Region Aarhus?|publisher=businessregionaarhus.com|accessdate=8 January 2019}}</ref> The partnership began in 1994, before the Danish municipal reform of 2007.<ref name="Aarhuswiki">{{cite web|url=https://aarhuswiki.dk/wiki/Business_Region_Aarhus|title=Business Region Aarhus|publisher=aarhuswiki.dk|accessdate=8 January 2019}}</ref> The region originally formed the northernmost part of the East Jutland metropolitan area and Samsø Municipality, but since 24 February 2016, Viborg municipality was also included.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessregionaarhus.dk/da/Den-oestjyske-millionby/Nyhedsliste/2016/1-Kvartal/Danmark-faar-en-ny-millionby.aspx |title=Danmark får en ny millionby: Business Region Aarhus |accessdate=2016-04-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428135844/http://www.businessregionaarhus.dk/da/Den-oestjyske-millionby/Nyhedsliste/2016/1-Kvartal/Danmark-faar-en-ny-millionby.aspx |archivedate=28 April 2016 }}</ref> The Aarhus area was classified in a 2005 ESPON (European Spatial Planning Observation Network) report as a Category 3 MEGA. MEGAs are Metropolitan European Growth Areas, of which the report identified 76 in Europe.<ref>See ''"Landsplanredegørelse 2013"'', p. 36-37.</ref><ref name=ESPON>{{cite web|url=https://www.espon.eu/sites/default/files/attachments/fr-1.1.1_revised-full_0.pdf|title=ESPON 111 Potentials for polycentric development in Europe|publisher=espon.eu|accessdate=18 January 2019}}</ref>

The term Greater Aarhus is used indistinctly in various contexts, but according to Aarhus Municipality it includes the 9 municipalities of Aarhus, Randers, Norddjurs, Syddjurs, Viborg, Silkeborg, Odder, Horsens and Samsø.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newcitizen.dk/greater-aarhus/|title=Greater Aarhus|publisher=Aarhus Municipality|accessdate=11 January 2019}}</ref>

=== Triangle Region === {{Main|Triangle Region (Denmark)}} The Triangle Region is a partnership between the 7 municipalities of Billund, Fredericia, Haderslev, Kolding, Middelfart, Vejen and Vejle, all in the Southern Denmark Region.<ref name="Triangle Region">{{cite web|url= https://www.trekantomraadet.com/about/ |title= The Triangle Region |publisher= trekantomraadet.com |accessdate=9 January 2019}}</ref> Kolding is the most populated town in the Triangle Region.

== Gallery == ;Towns <gallery> File:Randers Town Hall.jpg|Randers, old city hall. Image:Randers regnskov.jpg|Randers Tropical Zoo File:Randers Bro.jpg|Randers harbour

File:Grenaa, church pic2.JPG|Norddjurs, Grenå File:Grenaa, house at the village square.JPG|Norddjurs, Grenå File:Grenaa harbour 2018 3.jpg|Norddjurs, Grenå harbour

File:Your rainbow panorama på taget af ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum.jpg|Aarhus File:Århus city trafikhavn.jpg|Aarhus harbour File:Honnørkajen, Aarhus (August).jpg|Aarhus harbour

File:Hejren ved Vandrehjemmet - panoramio.jpg|Silkeborg town, riverboat. File:Havmosevejs ældste hus - panoramio.jpg|Silkeborg, old rural house.

File:Vejle Rådhus1.JPG|Vejle City Hall File:Søndergade, Vejle 01.jpg|Vejle, high street File:Bølgen (The Wave), Vejle, Denmark.jpg|Vejle, modern architecture File:Tug JEPPE JENSEN, MMSI 219001619 at VEJLE habor.JPG|Vejle harbour

File:Legoland Indgangen.jpg|Billund, amusement park Legoland File:Lalandia, Rødby (2009-03-29).jpg|Billund, waterworld Lalandia

File:Vejen Kunstmuseum 2015 a.jpg|Vejen, troll fountain. </gallery>

;Landscapes and nature <gallery>

File:Landscape seen from Ellemandsbjerg.jpg|Djursland, landscape. File:Erosion-on- the-coast-of-Kattegat.jpg|Djursland, coastal landscape File:Ebeltoft Vig fra Dragsmur2.JPG|Djursland, one of many coves

File:Kalø Slotsruin (Syddjurs Kommune).Bro og forsvarstårn.1.125359.ajb.jpg|Syddjurs, Kalø Castle ruin.

File:Risskov park 01.jpg|Aarhus Bay

File:Lake Julsø from Himmelbjerget 2017-08-19 1.jpg|Silkeborg Municipality, landscape File:Mosen ved Sønderskovvejen - panoramio.jpg|Silkeborg Forests

File:Sejlskib på vej ind i Vejle Fjord - panoramio.jpg|Vejle Fjord

File:Grene Sande, Denmark - panoramio (10).jpg|Billund, heathland </gallery>

== Sources == {{Citation style|date=April 2018}} * {{cite journal|url=https://tidsskrift.dk/eaa/article/view/96146|title=Aarhus Kommune og etableringen af en politisk ramme-struktur for den østjyske byregion|trans-title=Aarhus Municipality and the establishment of a political frame-structure for the East Jutland Metropolitan Region|journal=Erhvervshistorisk Årbog|author=Henrik Mølgaard Frandsen |date=2017|volume=66 |issue=1 |pages=85–112 }} Historical account on the foundation and establishment of the region. * {{cite book|url=http://www.byplanlab.dk/sites/default/files2/DenOetjyskeMillionby_web.pdf|title=Den Østjyske Millionby|trans-title=The East Jutland Metropolis|publisher=Dansk Byplanlaboratorium|author=Tom Nielsen and Boris Brorman Jensen|language=Danish|date=2017}} Account and discussion on the idea of an East Jutland Metropolis (2006 to 2017). * {{cite web|url=https://naturstyrelsen.dk/publikationer/2013/dec/landsplanredegoerelse-2013/|title=Landsplanredegørelse 2013|trans-title=National Planning Report 2013|publisher=Danish Nature Agency|language=Danish|date=2013}} * {{cite web|url=https://naturstyrelsen.dk/publikationer/2008/dec/landsplanredegoerelse-2006/|title=Landsplanredegørelse 2006|trans-title=National Planning Report 2006|publisher=Danish Nature Agency|language=Danish|date=2006}} * {{cite web|url=https://www2.blst.dk/udgiv/publikationer/2008/978-87-92256-58-4/html/kap05.htm|title=Befolkningsforhold i Østjylland|trans-title=Demographics of East Jutland|publisher=By- og Landskabsstyrelsen|language=Danish|date=August 2008}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.blst.dk/NR/rdonlyres/D57AF934-C471-41E6-A8B0-389AF80A94A6/0/Visionsoplaeg20082008.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225003300/http://www.blst.dk/NR/rdonlyres/D57AF934-C471-41E6-A8B0-389AF80A94A6/0/Visionsoplaeg20082008.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-02-25|title=Vision Østjylland|publisher=By- og Landskabsstyrelsen|author=Styregruppen for projekt Byudvikling i Østjylland|language=Danish|date=August 2008}} * {{cite journal|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286440867|title=Den østjyske byregion|trans-title=The East Jutland city region|publisher=Aalborg University|author=Kristian Olesen|language=Danish|journal=Byplan|volume=60|issue=2|pages=18–20|date=January 2008}} * {{cite journal|url=http://www.trafikdage.dk/doks/endeligtpaper/tdpaper107.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928195247/http://www.trafikdage.dk/doks/endeligtpaper/tdpaper107.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-09-28|title=Fremtidens byudvikling i Østjylland|trans-title=Future urban development in East Jutland|publisher=Aalborg University|author=Peter Bro and Henrik Harder|language=Danish|journal=Trafikdage på Aalborg Universitet 2007|date=2007}} *https://web.archive.org/web/20070930143249/http://www.frinet.dk/infrastruktur2030 {{in lang|da}}

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== External links == {{official website|http://www.byregionoestjylland.dk/}}, from 2010 to 2016

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