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{{Short description|Municipality in North Jutland, Denmark}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Aalborg Municipality
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| settlement_type    = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]]
| short_description  = Municipality in North Jutland region of Denmark
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Region Nordjylland]]
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| map_caption        = Location of Aalborg Municipality
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| leader_title1      = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name1       = [[Lasse Frimand Jensen]]
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| established_date   = 2007
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| population_as_of   = 1 January 2026
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| population_total   = 226033
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| population_demonym = aalborgenser
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| footnotes          = <ref name="FOLK1: Population 1 January">[http://www.statistikbanken.dk/FOLK1 FOLK1: Population 1 January] database from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref><ref>[http://www.aalborgkommune.dk/Om_kommunen/fakta-om-kommunen/Aalborg-i-tal/Sider/Aalborg-i-tal.aspx Aalborg in figures] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323215949/http://www.aalborgkommune.dk/Om_kommunen/fakta-om-kommunen/Aalborg-i-tal/Sider/Aalborg-i-tal.aspx |date=23 March 2010 }} statistics from Aalborg Municipality</ref>
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'''Ålborg Municipality''' ({{langx|da|Ålborg Kommune}}) is a [[municipality]] in [[Region Nordjylland|North Jutland Region]] on the [[Jutland]] peninsula in northern [[Denmark]].<ref name=CVDE>Bridgwater, W. & Beatrice Aldrich. (1966) ''The Columbia-Viking Desk Encyclopedia''. Columbia University. p. 11.</ref> 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 {{Convert|1,143.99|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|sp=us}} and a population of 226,033 (1 January 2026).<ref name="BY2"/>

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 (geography)|Bight]] (''Ålborg Bugt''), the body of water which lies to the east of the Jutland peninsula.

==Municipal reform of 2007==
As of 1 January 2007 Aalborg municipality joined with the municipalities of [[Hals Municipality|Hals]], [[Nibe Municipality|Nibe]], and [[Sejlflod]] to form a new Aalborg municipality. The former Aalborg municipality, including the island of [[Egholm]], covered an area of {{convert|560|km2|abbr=on}}, with a total population of 192,353 (2005).  Its last mayor was [[Henning G. Jensen]], a member of the [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]] (''{{Lang|da|Socialdemokraterne}}'') [[Politics of Denmark|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]].

==Geography==

===Surroundings===
The waters in the [[Limfjord]] splitting the municipality are called [[Langerak (fjord)|Langerak]] to the east and ''[[Gjøl Bredning]]'' to the west.  The island of Egholm is located in ''Gjøl Bredning'', and is connected by [[ferry]] to the city of Aalborg at its southern shore.

The area is typical for the north of Jutland.  To the west, the Limfjord broadens into an irregular lake (salt water), with low, marshy shores and many islands.  Northwest is [[Store Vildmose]] ("Greater Wild bog"), a swamp where a mirage is sometimes seen in summer. Southeast lies the similar [[Lille Vildmose]] ("Lesser Wild bog").  Store Vildmose was drained and farmed in the beginning of the 20th century, and Lille Vildmose is now the largest [[Bog|moor]] in Denmark.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Store Vildmose |url=https://www.fredninger.dk/fredning/store-vildmose/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Fredninger |language=da-DK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-11 |title=Reintroducing moose to Lille Vildmose |url=https://rewildingeurope.com/rew-project/reintroducing-moose-to-lille-vildmose/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Rewilding Europe |language=en-GB}}</ref>

===Urban areas in Aalborg Municipality===
[[Aalborg]] City has a total population of 123,432. The [[metropolitan area]] is a [[conurbation]] of the Aalborg urban area in [[Himmerland]] (102,312) and the {{Lang|da|[[Nørresundby]]|italic=no}} urban area in {{Lang|da|[[Vendsyssel]]|italic=no}} (21,120).

{| class="wikitable"
|+ The largest urban areas in Aalborg Municipality<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population 1. January by urban, rural areas (DISCONTINUED) - StatBank Denmark - data and statistics |url=https://www.statistikbanken.dk/statbank5a/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?Maintable=BEF44&PLanguage=1 |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=www.statistikbanken.dk}}</ref>
|-
! Nr !! Urban area  !! Population (2011) 
|-
| 1 || [[Aalborg]] || 103,545
|-
| 2 || {{Lang|da|[[Nørresundby]]|italic=no}}|| 21,376
|-
| 3 || [[Svenstrup, Aalborg Municipality|Svenstrup]] || 6,751
|-
| 4 || [[Nibe]] || 4,987
|-
| 5 || [[Vodskov]] || 4,399
|-
| 6 || [[Klarup]] || 4,182
|-
| 7 || [[Gistrup]] || 3,573
|-
| 8 || [[Storvorde]] || 3,243
|-
| 9 || [[Vestbjerg]] || 2,677
|-
| 10 || [[Frejlev]] || 2,579
|}

==Economy==
North Flying has its head office on the property of [[Aalborg Airport]] in {{Lang|da|[[Nørresundby]]|italic=no}}, Aalborg Municipality.<ref>"[http://www.northflying.com/script/site/pagefd1d.html?cat_id=28 Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229055543/http://www.northflying.com/script/site/pagefd1d.html?cat_id=28 |date=29 December 2011 }}." North Flying. Retrieved 15 December 2011. "North Flying's headquarters are located in Aalborg Airport." and "North Flying A/S North Flying Terminal Aalborg Airport DK - 9400 Nørresundby Denmark"</ref>

==Politics==

===Municipal council===
Aalborg's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|Municipal Reform of 2007]].

{| class="wikitable" 
! rowspan="2"| Election
! colspan="8"| Party
! rowspan="2"| Total<br/>seats
! rowspan="2"| Turnout
! rowspan="2"| Elected<br/>mayor
|-
|style="background:#B5211D;"|'''[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|{{font color|white|A}}]]'''
|style="background:#843A93;"|'''[[Danish Social Liberal Party|{{font color|white|B}}]]'''
|style="background:#89A920;"|'''[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|C}}]]'''
|style="background:#C9096C;"|'''[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|F}}]]'''
|style="background:#1CB1B7;"|'''[[Liberal Alliance (Denmark)|{{font color|white|I}}]]'''
|style="background:#F4D44D;"|'''[[Danish People's Party|{{font color|white|O}}]]'''
|style="background:#254C85;"|'''[[Venstre (Denmark)|{{font color|white|V}}]]'''
|style="background:#FF0000;"|'''[[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|{{font color|white|Ø}}]]'''
|-
|[[2005 Danish local elections|2005]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMD-Valg |url=https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2005/adk.htm |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=www.kmdvalg.dk}}</ref>
|15
|2
|3
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|1
|8
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="4"|31
|64.6%
|rowspan="2"|Henning G. Jensen (A)
|-
|[[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMD-Valg |url=https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2009/adk.htm |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=www.kmdvalg.dk}}</ref>
|12
|1
|2
|5
|2
|9
|60.3%
|-
|[[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDValg |url=https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2013/Default.htm |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=www.kmdvalg.dk}}</ref>
|12
|2
|1
|1
|1
|2
|9
|3
|68.4%
|rowspan="2"|Thomas Kastrup-Larsen (A)
|-
|[[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=KMDValg |url=https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2017/KMDValgKV.html |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=www.kmdvalg.dk}}</ref>
|17
|1
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|2
|8
|2
|67.7%
|-
|colspan="14"|
|}

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark}}
Aalborg is [[Sister city|twinned]] with 34 cities,<ref>{{cite web |title=Venskabsbyer|url=https://www.aalborgevents.dk/venskabsbyer/|website=aalborgevents.dk|publisher=Aalborg Events|language=da|accessdate=2021-04-02}}</ref> more than any other city in Denmark.<ref name=events/> Every four years, Aalborg gathers young people from most of its twin towns for a week of sports, known as Ungdomslegene (Youth Games).<ref name=events>{{cite web|url=http://www.aalborgevents.dk/forside/events-2015/ungdomslegene.aspx|title=Ungdomslegene|publisher=Aalborg Kommune|access-date=22 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130823000840/http://www.aalborgevents.dk/forside/events-2015/ungdomslegene.aspx|archive-date=23 August 2013}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|NED}} {{Lang|da|[[Almere]]|italic=no}}, Netherlands
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Antibes]], France
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Büdelsdorf]], Germany
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Edinburgh]], Scotland, United Kingdom
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Fredrikstad Municipality|Fredrikstad]], Norway
*{{flagicon|FRO}} [[Fuglafjørður]], Faroe Islands
*{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Galway]], Ireland
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Gdynia]], Poland
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Haifa]], Israel
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Hefei]], China
*{{flagicon|AUT}} {{Lang|de|[[Innsbruck]]|italic=no}}, Austria
*{{Flagicon|Greenland}}{{Lang|kl-tunumiit|[[Ittoqqortoormiit]]|italic=no}}, Greenland
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Karlskoga Municipality|Karlskoga]], Sweden
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]], England
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lerum Municipality|Lerum]], Sweden
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Liperi]], Finland
*{{flagicon|ISL}} {{lang|is|[[Norðurþing]]|italic=no}}, Iceland
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Orsa Municipality|Orsa]], Sweden
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Orust Municipality|Orust]], Sweden
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Gmina Ośno Lubuskie|Ośno Lubuskie]], Poland
*{{flagicon|RUS}} {{Lang|ru-latn|[[Pushkin, Saint Petersburg|Pushkin]]|italic=no}}, Russia
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Racine, Wisconsin|Racine]], United States
*{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Rapperswil-Jona]], Switzerland
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Rendalen Municipality|Rendalen]], Norway
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Rendsburg]], Germany
*{{flagicon|LVA}} [[Riga]], Latvia
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Riihimäki]], Finland
*{{flagicon|GRL}} {{Lang|kl|Sermersooq|italic=no}}, Greenland
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Solvang, California|Solvang]], United States
*{{flagicon|ROU}} {{Lang|ro|Tulcea|italic=no}}, Romania
*{{flagicon|BUL}} {{Lang|bug-latn|[[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]]|italic=no}}, Bulgaria
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Vilnius]], Lithuania
*{{flagicon|GER}} {{Lang|de|[[Wismar]]|italic=no}}, Germany
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Municipal statistics: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070812152043/http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta], delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD] a.k.a. Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011050224/http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro map with named municipalities]
* Aalborg in figures 2008, a publication from Aalborg Municipality.

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{Portal|Denmark}}
*{{in lang|en}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20090410131316/http://www.aalborg.dk/Engelsk/ About Aalborg from Nordjyske Medier]
*{{in lang|en}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20080108194726/http://www.aalborgkommune.dk/Borgerportal/Engelsk/ Aalborg Municipality's official website]
*{{in lang|en}}[http://www.visitaalborg.com/ VisitAalborg (Aalborg Tourist Office)]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Aalborg
 | N  = [[Brønderslev Municipality|Brønderslev]]
 | E  = ''Aalborg Bay ([[Kattegat]])''
 | S  = [[Rebild Municipality|Rebild]], [[Mariagerfjord Municipality|Mariagerfjord]]
 | SW = [[Vesthimmerland Municipality|Vesthimmerland]]
 | W  = [[Jammerbugt Municipality|Jammerbugt]]
}}
{{Municipalities of Denmark}}
{{Populated places of Aalborg Municipality}}
{{Authority control}}

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