Viborg Municipality ( Danish : 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 , and has a population of 97,472 (1. January 2024). Søren Pape Poulsen was chosen as mayor again for a second term of office 2014–17, but before the first year of his second term had passed, he accepted an offer to become chairman of his party, and a new mayor had to be chosen among the municipal council members. Its mayor from 3 September 2014 is Torsten Nielsen , also a member of the Conservative People's Party . He is mayor in the rest of the 2014-17 term of office .
3-716: Karup is a town in Viborg Municipality , Denmark . The Uhrebanen is a motorcycle speedway track located approximately 5 kilometres to the south of the town. The track has hosted important events, including the Danish final as part of the qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Championship in 1992. The speedway teams Uldjyderne and later Herning , raced at the venue in the Danish Speedway League . This article about
6-541: A location in the Central Denmark Region is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Viborg Municipality The main city and the site of its municipal council is the city of Viborg . On 1 January 2007 Viborg municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007) , merged with Bjerringbro , Fjends , Karup , Møldrup , and Tjele municipalities to form an enlarged Viborg municipality. The municipality
9-605: Is part of Business Region Aarhus and of the East Jutland metropolitan area , which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016. Viborg's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007 . Viborg has a twin city in each of the Nordic countries , as well as in other world regions. This article about
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