Randers Municipality

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| native_name = {{native name|da|Randers Kommune}}

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| settlement_type = Municipality

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| image_caption = The old Town Hall on the square in Randers with statue of Niels Ebbesen in front

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Denmark

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Central Denmark

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| leader_title1 = Mayor

| leader_name1 = Torben Hansen

| seat = Randers

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Image:Niels Ebbesen statue Randers.jpg statue in front of the old Town Hall in Randers, Denmark.]]

Randers Municipality ({{langx|da|Randers Kommune}}, {{IPA|da|ˈʁɑnɐs kʰoˈmuːnə|pron}}) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of {{cvt|748.21|km2}}, and has a population of 99,974 (as of 1. January 2024). Its mayor, since 1 January 2018 is Torben Hansen, a member of the Social Democrats. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Randers.

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.{{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}}{{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}}

Overview

The Guden River (Gudenå), Denmark's longest river, runs from Randers Fjord in Nørhald municipality to the east, through the city of Randers, and splits in two ca. 5 kilometers west of the central city. The northern tributary is called Nørreå ("Northern River"), and it continues westward, defining part of the boundary between Århus and Viborg Counties, and terminates at Vedsø ("Lake Ved") near the town of Rindsholm in Viborg municipality. The 160 kilometer long Guden River continues to Tinnet Krat in Vejle County.

The city's nearly 3 kilometer long Guden River Park (Gudenåparken) stretches along the river's banks in the center of the town.

History

On 1 January 2007, Randers municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing Nørhald, Purhus, and a portion of each of the following municipalities— Langå, Sønderhald, and Mariager— to form an enlarged Randers municipality.

Subdivisions

The municipality is composed by the city of Randers and 26 villages:

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! Nr !! Place !! Population (2023){{in lang|da}} [http://www.statistikbanken.dk/BEF44 Danmarks Statistikbank]

1Randers64,057
2Assentoft3,822
3Langå2,879
4Stevnstrup2,522
5Spentrup2,316
6Harridslev1,219
7Fårup1,050
8Øster Bjerregrav1,010
9Øster Tørslev879
10Havndal812
11Haslund799
12Asferg667
13Gjerlev631
14Mejlby618
15Mellerup518
16Gassum417
17Uggelhuse415
18Hald364
19Råsted298
20Hørning296
21Værum290
22Ålum272
23Albæk268
24Dalbyover254
25Gimming231
26Tånum223
27Lem203

Politics

=Municipal council=

Randers' municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.

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

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! rowspan="2"| Election

! colspan="10"| Party

! rowspan="2"| Total
seats

! rowspan="2"| Turnout

! rowspan="2"| Elected
mayor

style="background:#B5211D;"|Social Democrats (Denmark)

|style="background:#843A93;"|Danish Social Liberal Party

|style="background:#89A920;"|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)

|style="background:#C9096C;"|Socialist People's Party (Denmark)

|style="background:#8B8989;"|{{tooltip|2=Beboerlisten|{{font color|white|L}}}}

|style="background:#F4D44D;"|Danish People's Party

|style="background:#8B8989;"|{{tooltip|2=Randers Listen|{{font color|white|R}}}}

|style="background:#254C85;"|Venstre (Denmark)

|style="background:#8B8989;"|{{tooltip|2=Velfærdslisten|{{font color|white|Æ}}}}

|style="background:#FF0000;"|Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)

2005

|12

|1

|1

|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|

|3

|1

|1

|12

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|

|rowspan="4"|31

|68.7%

|rowspan="2"|Henning Jensen Nyhuus (A)

2009

|13

|1

|2

|2

|2

|2

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|

|9

|65.1%

2013

|10

|1

|1

|1

|3

|3

|11

|1

|72.7%

|Claus O. Jensen (V)

2017

|13

|1

|1

|1

|1

|3

|9

|1

|1

|70.7%

|Torben Hansen (A)

colspan="14"|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]

Notable residents

File:Christopher Peter Jürgensen (painting).jpg

= Sport =

  • Lars Elstrup (born 1963 in Råby) a Danish former professional footballer, with 340 club caps and 34 for Denmark
  • Erik Bo Andersen (born 1970 in Dronningborg) a Danish former professional footballer with 200 club caps and 6 for Denmark
  • Michael Gravgaard (born 1978 in Spentrup) a Danish former footballer with 317 club caps and 18 for Denmark
  • Simone Böhme (born 1991 in Spentrup) a Danish female handballer

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: [http://kort.krak.dk/borgerdk.kortsoegning/imapDKbig.asp Krak mapsearch] (outline visible but doesn't print out!)

References

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