Mariagerfjord Municipality (Danish: Mariagerfjord Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 723.63&nbspkm²; (2011) it has a population of 41,762 (2024).

On 1 January 2007 Mariagerfjord municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Arden, Hadsund and Hobro, and the major part of Mariager, and a very small part of Aalestrup and a very small part of Nørager municipality.

The municipality consists of the land around Mariager Fjord, its namesake.

Locations

Hobro 12,000
Hadsund 5,000
Mariager 2,500
Arden 2,500
Assens 1,400
Valsgård 1,100
Als 900
Øster Hurup 700
Astrup 500

Politics

Municipal council

Mariagerfjord's municipal council consists of 29 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Election Party Total
seats 		Turnout Elected
mayor
A B C D F I O V
2005 13 1 1 1 1 12 29 72.6% Hans Christian Maarup (A)
2009 13 1 1 2 2 10 68.2%
2013 13 1 1 3 11 72.8% Mogens Jespersen (V)
2017 11 1 1 1 3 12 71.1%
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

References

  1. ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark

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