Aalborg Municipality

Aalborg Municipality Aalborg Kommune (Danish)
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Aalborg Municipality
Coordinates: 57°02′47″N 9°55′09″E / 57.0464°N 9.9192°E / 57.0464; 9.9192
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 2024)[1]
• Total	223,174
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Demonym	aalborgenser
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	www.aalborg.dk
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Ålborg Municipality (Danish: Ålborg Kommune) is a municipality in North Jutland Region on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark.^[4] 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 223,174 (1. January 2024).^[1]

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.