Skive Municipality
Skive Municipality (Danish: Skive Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Mid Jutland Region on Salling Peninsula, a part of the larger Jutland Peninsula in northwest Denmark. It covers an area of 688.09 km2 (2013) and has a population of 45,069 (2023). Its mayor is Peder Christian Kirkegaard, a member of the Venstre political party.
Skive Municipality
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Location in Denmark | |
| Coordinates: 56°33′51″N 9°01′50″E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Central Denmark |
| Established | 1 January 2007 |
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| • Mayor | Peder Christian Kirkegaard |
| Area | |
| • Total | 688.09 km2 (265.67 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2023) | |
| • Total | 45,069 |
| • Density | 65/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Skive.
The Virksund Bridge (Virksundbroen) connects the municipality at the town of Virksund to the town of Sundstrup in Viborg municipality.
As of January 1, 2007, the original Skive municipality ceased to exist as a result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007). It was merged with the former Sallingsund, Spøttrup, and Sundsøre municipalities, to form the new Skive municipality. The old municipality had an area of 230 km2 and a population of 27,919 (2005). Before the reform, the municipality was part of Viborg County.
Skive itself is a coastal tourist resort, at the mouth of the Karup River (Karup Å) and the Skive Fjord. As of 1992, the population was 19,711. In June 2022, Barack Obama visited the municipality.