Hobro

Hobro is an old market and railway city in Region Nordjylland at the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It has a population of eleven,736. The town is located in a hilly terrain at the pinnacle of Mariager Fjord, near the previous Viking castle of Fyrkat. It is the seat of Mariagerfjord municipality. Hobro turned into until 1 January 2007 additionally a municipality in North Jutland County protecting a place of 166 km² and with a total population of 15,318. Its closing mayor changed into Jørgen Pontoppidan, a member of the Venstre political celebration.

Hobro municipality ceased to exist due to Kommunalreformen. It become merged with Arden, Hadsund, and Mariager municipalities to shape the brand new Mariagerfjord municipality. This created a municipality with a place of 769 km² and a total populace of 43,049. The new municipality belongs to Region Nordjylland. Hobro IK are a football membership based in Hobro who currently play within the Danish Superliga.