Hobro

Hobro
A view from the town church
Coat airms
Hobro Location in Denmark
Coordinates: 56°38′N 09°48′E
Kintra	Denmark
Region	North Denmark (Nordjylland)
Municipality	Mariagerfjord
Population  (2014)
• Total	11,736
Time zone	UTC+1 (Central Europe Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2

Hobro [hoˈbʀoːʔ] is a auld mercat an railwey toun in Region Nordjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northren Denmark. It haes a population o 11,736 (1 Januar 2014). The toun is situatit in a hilly terrain at the heid o Mariager Fjord, close tae the umwhile Viking fortress o Fyrkat. It is the seat o Mariagerfjord Municipality.

Politics

Hobro wis till 1 Januar 2007 an aw a municipality (Dens, kommune) in North Jutland Coonty coverin a aurie o 166 km² an wi a total population o 15,318 (2005). Its last mayor wis Jørgen Pontoppidan, a member o the Venstre (Leeberal Pairty) poleetical pairty.

Hobro municipality ceased tae exist due tae Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" o 2007). It wis mergit wi Arden, Hadsund, an Mariager municipalities tae shape the new Mariagerfjord municipality. This creatit a municipality wi a aurie o 769 km² an a total population o 43,049 (2005). The new municipality belangs tae Region Nordjylland ("North Jutland Region").

Transportation

Rail

Main airticle: Hobro station

Front facade o Hobro station.

Hobro is servit bi Hobro railway station. It is locatit on the Randers-Aalborg railwey line an affers direct InterCity services tae Copenhagen an Frederikshavn an regional train services tae Aarhus an Aalborg.

Freemit airtins

• Mariagerfjord municipality's official website (in Dens)
• Media relatit tae Hobro at Wikimedia Commons

References

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