Silkeborg Municipality

Silkeborg municipality is a municipality (Danish, "kommune") in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 857 km², and has a total population of 87,371 (2008). Its mayor is Jens Erik Jørgensen, a member of the Conservative People's Party ("Det Konservative Folkeparti") political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Silkeborg.

On January 1, 2007 Silkeborg municipality was, as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with Gjern, Kjellerup, and Them municipalities to form the new Silkeborg municipality.

The town of Silkeborg

"Main article: Silkeborg"

The town is of Silkeborg is divided north and south by the lake, "Silkeborg Langsø", which at the eastern side of the town, resolves into the Guden River ("Gudenaa"). Silkeborg was the home town of COBRA painter Asger Jorn, and has several interesting art museums and excibitions, including Silkeborg Museum with its large Asger Jorn collection.

External links

* [http://www.silkeborg.dk Municipality's official website]
* [http://www.silkeborg.com/sw1341.asp silkeborg.com - HOME:(English site)]

References

* Municipal statistics: [http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta] , delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD] aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]
* Searchable/printable municipality maps: [http://kort.krak.dk/borgerdk.kortsoegning/imapDKbig.asp Krak mapsearch] (municipal border visible but doesn't print out!)