Mid-Jutland
Midtjylland (Danish) Central Denmark Region | |
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Mid-Jutland Region Region Midtjylland (Danish) | |
Coordinates: 56°10′N 9°30′E / 56.167°N 9.500°E | |
Country | Denmark |
Capital | Viborg |
Largest city | Aarhus |
Municipalities | |
Government | |
• Chairman | Anders Kühnau (Social Democrats) |
Area | |
• Total | 13,053 km2 (5,040 sq mi) |
Population (April 2021)[1] | |
• Total | 1,333,245 |
• Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• Total | €69.727 billion (2021) |
• Per capita | €53,100 (2021) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | DK-82[3] |
HDI (2022) | 0.948[4] very high · 2nd of 5 |
Website | www.rm.dk |
The Central Denmark Region (Danish: Region Midtjylland), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region[5] and sometimes simply Mid-Jutland,[6][7][8][9] is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform. The reform abolished the traditional counties (amter) and replaced them with five new administrative regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities were merged into larger units, cutting the total number of municipalities from 271 to 98. The reform diminished the power of the regional level dramatically in favour of the local level and the national government in Copenhagen. The Central Denmark Region comprises 19 municipalities.