Viborg Municipality () 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. 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
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| Viborg || align="center"| 41,000
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| Bjerringbro || align="center"| 7,400
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| Stoholm || align="center"| 2,500
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| Karup || align="center"| 2,200
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| Løgstrup || align="center"| 1,900
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| Frederiks || align="center"| 1,800
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| Skals || align="center"| 1,800
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| Rødkærsbro || align="center"| 1,700
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| Ørum || align="center"| 1,400
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| 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;"|Social Democrats (Denmark)|
|style="background:#843A93;"|Danish Social Liberal Party|
|style="background:#89A920;"|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|
|style="background:#004450;"|New Right (Denmark)|
|style="background:#C9096C;"|Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|
|style="background:#1CB1B7;"|Liberal Alliance (Denmark)|
|style="background:#EC7D14;"|Christian Democrats (Denmark)|
|style="background:#F4D44D;"|Danish People's Party|
|style="background:#254C85;"|Venstre (Denmark)|
|style="background:#003D7F;"|Denmark Democrats|
|style="background:#FF0000;"|Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|
|style="background:#00FF00;"|The Alternative (Denmark)|
|-
|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 Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 and 2021. Data from valg.dk 2025
|}
Twin cities
Viborg has a twin city in each of the Nordic countries, as well as in other world regions.
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- Dalvík, Iceland
- Greifswald, Germany
- Hamar, Norway
||
- Kecskemét, Hungary
- León, Nicaragua
- Lund Municipality, Sweden
||
- Nevers, France
- Porvoo, Finland
- Zabrze, Poland
|}
See also
- World Map at Lake Klejtrup
Sources
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
- Searchable/printable municipal maps: Krak mapsearch(outline visible but doesn't print out!)