Mariagerfjord Municipality

Location of Mariagerfjord municipality

Mariagerfjord is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 723.63 km² (2011) and a has a population of 42,093 (2014).

A sailboat in Mariager Fjord

On January 1, 2007 Mariagerfjord municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Arden, Hadsund and Hobro, and the major part of Mariager, and a very small part of Aalestrup and a very small part of Nørager municipality.

The municipality consists of the land around Mariager Fjord, its namesake.

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Coordinates: 56°41′N 9°56′E / 56.683°N 9.933°E / 56.683; 9.933

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