Aalborg Municipality
Aalborg Municipality (Danish: Aalborg Kommune) is a municipality in North Jutland Region 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 (441.70 sq mi) and a population of 222,571 (1. January 2023).
Aalborg Municipality
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Municipality | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Aalborg Municipality | |
| Coordinates: 57°02′47″N 9°55′09″E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Region Nordjylland |
| Municipal council | 2007 |
| Seat | Aalborg City Hall |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lasse Frimand Jensen |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,140 km2 (440 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2023) | |
| • Total | 222,571 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| Demonym | aalborgenser |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
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.