Aarhus
Aarhus | |
|---|---|
City | |
| Aalborg | |
 Aerial view o Aarhus Ceety Centre & Sooth Harbour | |
 Coat airms | |
  Aarhus Location in Denmark | |
| Coordinates: 56°9′N 10°13′E / 56.150°N 10.217°ECoordinates: 56°9′N 10°13′E / 56.150°N 10.217°E | |
| Kintra |  Denmark |
| Region | Central Denmark (Midtjylland) |
| Municipality | Aarhus |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 91 km2 (35 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Metro | 1245046 (17 municipalities in East Jutland metropolitan area) |
| • Metro density | 124/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 252107 |
| • Urban density | 2669/km2 (6,910/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central Europe Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 |
| Postal codes | 8000, 8200, 8210 |
| Website | Official website |
Aarhus, (Dens pronunciation: [ˈɒːhuːˀs] (
listen)), is the seicont-lairgest ceety in Denmark. The principal port o Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side o the peninsula o Jutland in the geographical centre o Denmark. Aarhus is the seat o the cooncil o Aarhus municipality wi 310,956[3] indwallers an 242,914 (1 Januar 2010)[2] in the inner urban area, an aboot 800,000 indwallers athin 1/2 oor transport (Greater Aarhus). The city claims the unofficial title "Caipital o Jutland".[4]
Aarhus is the main an biggest ceety in the East Jutland metropolitan area (Dens: Byregion Østjylland). which is a co-operation in the eastren Jutland wi 17 municipalities.[5] Wi mair nor 1.2 million fowk livin in the area it represents approximately 23% o the population o Denmark an is the seicont maistmuckle metropolitan area efter the Copenhagen metropolitan area.[6]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b "Vision Østjylland", Miljøministeriet, 20. august 2008 (in Dens), a description of the East Jutland metropolitan area
- ↑ a b BEF44: Population 1st January, by urban areas database from Statistics Denmark
- ↑ http://www.dst.dk/Statistik/kit.aspx
- ↑ Bridgwater, W. & Beatrice Aldrich. (1966) The Columbia-Viking Desk Encyclopedia. Columbia University. p. 11.
- ↑ "Vision Østjylland" Archived 2008-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, Miljøministeriet, 20. august 2008 (in Dens)
- ↑ "Danish Befolkningsforhold i Østjylland Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, Miljøministeriet, august 2008
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