East Jutland Metropolitan Area
Byregion Østjylland Greater Aarhus | |
|---|---|
 Core city Aarhus from Your Rainbow Panorama | |
 East Jutland metropolitan area | |
| Established | 2006 |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,521 km2 (4,448 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2016) | |
• Total | 1,378,978 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
East Jutland metropolitan area (Danish: Byregion Østjylland) is a potential metropolitan area in Jutland and Funen, Denmark. [1] Aarhus is the most populated city in the region.
The National Planning Report of 2006, published by the Danish Environment Ministry, argued that "East Jutland is developing into a coherent area with high population growth and division of labour between the cities in the urban band that extends from Kolding to Randers" and foresaw "the contours of a future million-city". The report recommended dialogue about future development between the state, the region and the municipalities.[2][3]
In the next National Planning Report of 2013, the area was split into East Jutland North (Danish: Østjylland Nord) and the Triangle Region (Danish: Trekantsområdet). The municipalities in the two subregions cooperate as Business Region Aarhus and the Triangle Region respectively.[4][5]
With about 1.4 million people living in the area, it represents approximately 25% of the population of Denmark.[6] The area has 19 municipalities as of 2016.[7]
- ^ "Information.dk: En stor by holder stor fest i storbyen – kan det blive større?, 2012". Dagbladet Information.
- ^ See "Aarhus Kommune og etableringen af en politisk ramme-struktur for den østjyske byregion".
- ^ See "Landsplanredegørelse 2006", p. 20.
- ^ See "Den Østjyske Millionby", p. 13-15.
- ^ See "Landsplanredegørelse 2013", p. 23.
- ^ "Danish Befolkningsforhold i Østjylland Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Miljøministeriet, august 2008
- ^ "Befolkningsforhold i Østjylland – Erhvervs- og Befolkningsforhold i Østjylland – Bidrag til samarbejdsprojektet om Byudvikling i Østjyllandl". www2.blst.dk. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2008.