Silkeborg Municipality

	Silkeborg
	; Silkeborg Langsø
Basic data
State :	Denmark
Region :	Midtjylland
Region :	Østjylland
Educated:	2007
former municipalities : ; (until the end of 2006)	Silkeborg commune ; Gjern commune ; Kjellerup commune ; Them commune
Offices (until the end of 2006) :	Århus Amt ; Viborg Amt
Harden : ; (until March 1970)	Gjern Herred ; Hids Herred ; Vrads Herred ; Tyrsting Herred ; Lysgård Herred
Offices (until 1970) :	Viborg Amt ; Skanderborg Amt
Residents :	94,026 (2020)
Area :	850.30 km² (2014)
Population density :	111 inhabitants per km²
Municipality number :	740
Administration headquarters:	Silkeborg
Post Code:	8600-8883
Address:	Søvej 1 ; 8600 Silkeborg
Mayor:	Steen Vindum ; ( Venstre )
Website:	www.silkeborgkommune.dk
Sister cities :	Kaiserslautern

Silkeborg Kommune is a Danish municipality in Jutland . It was created on January 1, 2007 in the course of the local government reform by merging the “old” Silkeborg municipality with the previous municipalities of Gjern and Them in the Århus office and the Kjellerup municipality in the Viborg office .

Silkeborg Municipality has a total population of 94,026 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) and an area of 850.30 km². It is part of the Midtjylland region . The seat of the administration is in Silkeborg .

Parish communities and localities in the municipality

The following parish communities ( Danish : Sogn ) and localities with more than 200 inhabitants ( byområder (German: "urban areas") as defined by the statistical office ) are located in the municipality ; Population on January 1st, 2020, with a registered population of zero, the place had more than 200 inhabitants in the past:

Sogn	Residents	Locality	Residents
Alderslyst Sogn	11,118
Ball Sogn	11,805
Bryrup Sogn	1,844	Bryrup	1,516
Dallerup Sogn	1,774	Sorring	1,149
Funder Sogn	3,240	Funder Kirkeby	590
Gødvad Sogn	7,591
Gjern Sogn	1,341	Gjern	1,485
Grønbæk Sogn	2,810	Ans	1.932
Grathe Sogn	348
Hørup Sogn	5,249	Kjellerup	5.119
Hinge Sogn	538	Nørskovlund	<200
Kragelund Sogn	1,241	Kragelund	748
Lemming Sogn	734	lemming	311
Levring Sogn	525	Levring	<200
Linå Sogn	3,426	Laven (part of several municipalities) Linå	373 500
Mariehøj Sogn	7.093
Sejling Sogn	851	Sejling Skægkær	317 377
Sejs-Svejbæk Sogn	4,453	Sejs-Svejbæk	4,309
Serup Sogn	640	Serup	200
Silkeborg Sogn	6.013	Silkeborg	46,923
Sinding Sogn	469	Sinding	303
Sjørslev Sogn	1,100	Demstrup Sjørslev	267 387
Skannerup Sogn	812
Skorup Sogn	316
Svostrup Sogn	1,355	Grauballe	753
Them Sogn	4,976	Gjessø Them Salten	828 2,293 678
Thorning Sogn	2,101	Nørre Knudstrup Thorning	222 1,051
Tvilum Sogn	1,976	Fårvang	1,394
Vinderslev Sogn	1,162	Vinderslev	462
Vinding Sogn	316
Virklund Sogn	3,527	Virklund	3,475
Vium Sogn	676	Neder Hvam	299
Voel Sogn	2,037	Voel	1,652
Vrads Sogn	502	Vrads	<200

↑ ^a ^b ^c Nørskovlund had fewer than 200 inhabitants for the first time in 2010, Levring and Vdrads had fewer than 200 inhabitants for the first time in 2017.