Aalborg Municipality
| Aalborg Municipality (Aalborg Kommune) | ||
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 Location of Aalborg Municipality
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| Country |  Denmark |
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| Region | Region Nordjylland | |
| City | Aalborg | |
| Seat | Aalborg City Hall | |
| - coordinates | 57°2′47″N 9°55′9″E / 57.04639°N 9.91917°ECoordinates: 57°2′47″N 9°55′9″E / 57.04639°N 9.91917°E | |
| Area | 1,140 km2 (440 sq mi) | |
| Population | 197,426 (2010) | |
| Density | 172/km2 (445/sq mi) | |
| City Council | 2007 | |
| Mayor | Thomas Kastrup-Larsen (Social Democrats) | |
| Timezone | CET (UTC1) | |
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC2) | |
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Aalborg Municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Nordjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality straddles the Limfjord, the waterway which connects the North Sea and the Kattegat east-to-west, and which separates the main body of the Jutland peninsula from the island of Vendsyssel-Thy north-to-south. It has a land area of 1,143.99 km², population 197,426 (2010) and belongs to Region Nordjylland ("North Jutland Region").
It is also the name of the municipality's main city Aalborg and the site of its municipal council, as well as the name of a seaport.
The municipality and the town have chosen to retain the traditional spelling of the name as Aalborg, although the new spelling Ålborg is used in other contexts, such as Ålborg Bight (Ålborg Bugt), the body of water which lies to the east of the Jutland peninsula.
As of 1 January 2007 Aalborg municipality joined with the municipalities of Hals, Nibe, and Sejlflod to form a new Aalborg municipality. The former Aalborg municipality, including the island of Egholm, covered an area of 560 km2 (220 sq mi), with a total population of 192,353 (2005). Its last mayor was Henning G. Jensen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party. The former municipality was bordered by Sejlflod and Hals to the east, Dronninglund and Brønderslev to the north, Aabybro and Nibe to the west, and Støvring and Skørping to the south. It belonged to North Jutland County.
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