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Aarhus Municipality

Logo: aarhus.dk4

Municipality in Central Denmark, Denmark

Aarhus Municipality (Danish: Aarhus Kommune), known as Århus Municipality (Danish: Århus Kommune) until 2011, is a kommune in the Central Denmark Region, on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 469.56 km2 (181.30 sq mi), and has a population of 378,361 as of 2026. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Aarhus.2 It is headquartered in Aarhus C, Denmark.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Apr 1, 1970Founded1
  • HeadquartersAarhus C, Denmark1
  • Websitewww.aarhus.dk
  • Legal formmunicipality of Denmark1
  • LEI213800HOSBRZSGDKXZ213
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressRÅDHUSPLADSEN 2, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark3
  • Registered withDanish Business Authority, 551330183

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Århus Rådhus
Photo: Nico-dk ( talk ) 21:11, 17 September 2009 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Aarhus Municipality (Danish: Aarhus Kommune), known as Århus Municipality (Danish: Århus Kommune) until 2011, is a kommune in the Central Denmark Region, on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark.2

Corporate structure

Aarhus Municipality sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Aarhus Municipality Aarhus C, Denmark
    • Aarhus Vand A/S Subsidiary · Viby J, Denmark
    • Aarhus Letbane Owned · Central Denmark, Denmark
    • Ceres Park & Arena Owned · Aarhus Municipality, Denmark
    • Vestereng Owned · Aarhus Municipality, Denmark
    • Vilhelmsborg Owned · Aarhus Municipality, Denmark

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Aarhus Municipality reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Aarhus Letbane
  • Ceres Park & Arena
  • Vestereng
  • Vilhelmsborg

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Products and brands

Aarhus Municipality has 45 electoral wards and polling stations in four electoral districts for the folketing. The diocese of Aarhus has four deaneries composed of 60 parishes within Aarhus municipality. Aarhus municipality contains 21 postal districts and some parts of another 9. The urban area of Aarhus and the immediate suburbs are divided into the districts Aarhus C, Aarhus N, Aarhus V, Viby J, Højbjerg and Brabrand.

Aarhus is segmented into districts on different levels often containing several distinct neighbourhoods within them. The historical centre, known as Indre By (lit. English, "Inner City"), includes the neighbourhoods Centralværkstedet, the Latin Quarter and the areas around the Central Station and Aarhus Concert Hall. The inner city beltway Ring 1 contains the larger district Midtbyen (lit. Town Centre), roughly equivalent to postal district Aarhus C, and is composed of the neighbourhoods Indre By, Vesterbro, Frederiksbjerg, Aarhus Ø, Marselisborg and Nørre Stenbro.

North of the inner beltway lies the district Aarhus N, containing the neighbourhoods Trøjborg, Risskov, Vejlby, Skejby, Christiansbjerg and Vorrevangen and to the west lies Langenæs, Åbyhøj and Aarhus V, comprising the neighbourhoods Hasle, Frydenlund, Herredsvang and Møllevangen, while the district of Højbjerg lies to the south. Districts and suburbs further out are Brabrand, Egå, Gellerup, Hasselager, Holme, Kolt, Rosenhøj, Skødstrup, Skæring, Skåde, Slet, Stavtrup, Tilst and Tranbjerg.

From Wikipedia’s article on Aarhus Municipality, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

  • Aarhus Letbane
  • Ceres Park & Arena
  • Vestereng
  • Vilhelmsborg

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Aaby Municipality1

Timeline

  1. Apr 1, 1970Founded Founded1

Sources

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