{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Viborg Municipality | settlement_type = Municipality | native_name = {{native name|da|Viborg Kommune}} | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = Viborg by night 2014-11-04 exposure fused.jpg | image_caption = | image_flag = {{#property:P41}} | flag_size = 120x80px | image_shield = {{#property:P94}} | shield_size = 100x80px | image_map = {{#property:P242}} | map_caption = Location in Denmark | coordinates = {{coord|format=dms|region:DK_type:city|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Denmark | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Central Denmark | established_title = Established | established_date = {{#property:P571}} | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Katrine Fusager Rohde (V) | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | area_total_km2 = 1421.04 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_footnotes = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_as_of = 1 January 2026 | population_note = | population_footnotes = <ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY2?lang=en BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities] The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark</ref> | population_total = 97874 | population_density_km2=auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = {{#property:P281}} | area_code = | website = {{Official URL}} | footnotes = }}
'''Viborg Municipality''' ({{langx|da|Viborg Kommune}}) is a municipality (Danish, ''kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,421.04 km<sup>2</sup> and has a population of 97,874 (1 January 2026). 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.<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.dk|access-date=15 January 2019|archive-date=10 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810043505/https://businessregionaarhus.com/our-partnership/our-partnership/what-is-business-region-aarhus/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="East Jutland">{{cite web|title=Tal og statistik|trans-title=Figures and Statistics|url=http://www.byregionoestjylland.dk/Statistik.html|publisher=Byregion Østjylland|access-date=25 April 2016|language=da}}</ref> It was created on 1 January 2007 as a result of the ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), through the merger of the former municipalities of Bjerringbro, Fjends, Karup, Møldrup, and Tjele and the old Viborg Municipality.
== Locations == {| class="wikitable" style="margin-right:1em" |- | Viborg || align="center"| 41,000 |- | Bjerringbro || align="center"| 7,400 |- | Stoholm || align="center"| 2,500 |- | Karup || align="center"| 2,200 |- | Løgstrup || align="center"| 1,900 |- | Frederiks || align="center"| 1,800 |- | Skals || align="center"| 1,800 |- | Rødkærsbro || align="center"| 1,700 |- | Ørum || align="center"| 1,400 |- | Møldrup || align="center"| 1,300 |}
==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.
{| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2"| Election ! colspan="12"| Party ! rowspan="2"| Total<br/>seats ! rowspan="2"| Turnout ! rowspan="2"| Elected<br/>mayor |- |style="background:#B5211D;"|'''{{font color|white|A}}''' |style="background:#843A93;"|'''{{font color|white|B}}''' |style="background:#89A920;"|'''{{font color|white|C}}''' |style="background:#004450;"|'''{{font color|white|D}}''' |style="background:#C9096C;"|'''{{font color|white|F}}''' |style="background:#1CB1B7;"|'''{{font color|white|I}}''' |style="background:#EC7D14;"|'''{{font color|white|K}}''' |style="background:#F4D44D;"|'''{{font color|white|O}}''' |style="background:#254C85;"|'''{{font color|white|V}}''' |style="background:#003D7F;"|'''{{font color|white|Æ}}''' |style="background:#FF0000;"|'''{{font color|white|Ø}}''' |style="background:#00FF00;"|'''{{font color|white|Å}}''' |- |2005 |14 |1 |2 |style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"| |1 |style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="5"| |1 |2 |10 |style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="5"| |style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"| |style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"| |rowspan="6"|31 |71.6% |Johannes Stensgaard (A) |- |2009 |10 |style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="5"| |3 |5 |style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="5"| |2 |11 |67.6% |Søren Pape Poulsen (C) |- |2013 |9 |6 |1 |2 |12 |1 |74.3% |Torsten Nielsen (C) |- |2017 |9 |7 |2 |2 |10 |1 |73.3% |rowspan="2"|Ulrik Wilbek (V) |- |2021 |8 |7 |1 |1 |style="background:#CDC9C9;"| |12 |1 |1 |70.1% |- |2025 |6 |8 |style="background:#CDC9C9;"| |2 |2 |1 |6 |4 |1 |1 |71.9% |rowspan="1"|Katrine Fusager Rohde (V) |- |colspan="16"|Data from [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2005/adk.htm Kmdvalg.dk 2005], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2009/adk.htm 2009], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2013/Default.htm 2013] and [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2017/KMDValgKV.html 2017] and [https://kmdvalg.dk/KV/2021/K84713760.htm 2021]. Data from [https://valg.dk/kv/1705ff7b-7390-48d8-b701-6bcd430dc835/municipality/da1b451b-87f2-4a52-b5bb-670062d1547e valg.dk 2025] |}
==Twin cities== Viborg has a twin city in each of the Nordic countries, as well as in other world regions. {| class="wikitable" |- valign="top" | * {{flagicon|Iceland}} Dalvík, Iceland * {{flagicon|Germany}} Greifswald, Germany * {{flagicon|Norway}} Hamar, Norway || * {{flagicon|Hungary}} Kecskemét, Hungary * {{flagicon|Nicaragua}} León, Nicaragua * {{flagicon|Sweden}} Lund Municipality, Sweden || * {{flagicon|France}} Nevers, France * {{flagicon|Finland}} Porvoo, Finland * {{flagicon|Poland}} Zabrze, Poland |}
==See also== *World Map at Lake Klejtrup
== Sources == * Municipal statistics: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070812152043/http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta], delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)] * Municipal mergers and neighbors: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011050224/http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map] * Searchable/printable municipal maps: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071005153127/http://kort.krak.dk/borgerdk.kortsoegning/imapDKbig.asp Krak mapsearch](outline visible but doesn't print out!)
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{commons category|Viborg Kommune}} * {{Official website|http://www.viborg.dk|Municipality's official website}}
{{Geographic location | Centre = Viborg | N = Vesthimmerland (Nordjylland) | NE = Mariagerfjord (Nordjylland) | E = Randers | SE = Favrskov | S = Ikast-Brande, Silkeborg | SW = Herning | W = Holstebro | NW = Skive }} {{Viborg Municipality}} {{Central Denmark Region}} {{Municipalities of Denmark}} {{Authority control}}
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