Randers Municipality (, ) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 100,564 (as of 1 January 2026). Its mayor, since 1 January 2018 is Torben Hansen, a member of the Social Democrats. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Randers.
The municipality is part of Business Region Aarhus and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.
Overview The Guden River (Gudenå), Denmark's longest river, runs from Randers Fjord in Nørhald municipality to the east, through the city of Randers, and splits in two about 5 km west of the central city. The northern tributary is called Nørreå ("Northern River"), and it continues westward, defining part of the boundary between Århus and Viborg Counties, and terminates at Vedsø ("Lake Ved") near the town of Rindsholm in Viborg municipality. The 160-kilometre long Guden River continues to Tinnet Krat in Vejle County.
The city's nearly 3-kilometre long Guden River Park (Gudenåparken) stretches along the river's banks in the centre of the town.
History On 1 January 2007, Randers municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with the existing Nørhald and Purhus, together with a portion of each of the following municipalities— Langå, Sønderhald, and Mariager— to form an enlarged Randers municipality.
Subdivisions The municipality is composed by the city of Randers and 26 villages: Nr Place Population (2023) Danmarks Statistikbank 1 Randers 64,057 2 Assentoft 3,822 3 Langå 2,879 4 Stevnstrup 2,522 5 Spentrup 2,316 6 Harridslev 1,219 7 Fårup 1,050 8 Øster Bjerregrav 1,010 9 Øster Tørslev 879 10 Havndal 812 11 Haslund 799 12 Asferg 667 13 Gjerlev 631 14 Mejlby 618 15 Mellerup 518 16 Gassum 417 17 Uggelhuse 415 18 Hald 364 19 Råsted 298 20 Hørning 296 21 Værum 290 22 Ålum 272 23 Albæk 268 24 Dalbyover 254 25 Gimming 231 26 Tånum 223 27 Lem 203
Politics
Municipal council Randers' municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
Election Party Totalseats Turnout Electedmayor20051211311123168.7%Henning Jensen Nyhuus (A)20091312222965.1%2013101113311172.7%Claus O. Jensen (V)2017131111391170.7%Torben Hansen (A)Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017
Notable residents
Stygge Krumpen (ca.1485 in Skjøtterup – 1551) a Danish clergyman, secretary of king Christian II of Denmark and the last catholic bishop of the Diocese of Børglum from 1533 to 1536 Pauline Worm (1825 in Hyllested – 1883) a Danish writer, poet, schoolteacher and feminist Christopher Peter Jürgensen (1838 in Gesing – 1911) a Danish precision mechanic and instrument maker Niels Lergaard (1893 in Vorup - 1982) a painter, member of the Bornholm school of painters Sven Dalsgaard (1914 in Vorup – 1999) a Danish painter, sculptor and writer
Sport Lars Elstrup (born 1963 in Råby) a Danish former professional footballer, with 340 club caps and 34 for Denmark Erik Bo Andersen (born 1970 in Dronningborg) a Danish former professional footballer with 200 club caps and 6 for Denmark Michael Gravgaard (born 1978 in Spentrup) a Danish former footballer with 317 club caps and 18 for Denmark Simone Böhme (born 1991 in Spentrup) a Danish female handballer
Sources Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data) Municipal mergers and neighbours: Eniro new municipalities map Searchable/printable municipal maps: Krak mapsearch (outline visible but doesn't print out!)
References
External links
Municipality's official website Randers tourism bureau ¨