East Jutland Metropolitan Area

East Jutland metropolitan area (Danish: Byregion Østjylland) or Greater Aarhus is a geographic term for an area in Jutland and Funen, Denmark.

The term denotes a functional coherent area linked by both infrastructure and labour across municipal boundaries. With about 1.25 million people living in the area it represents approximately 23% of the population of Denmark and is the second largest Metropolitan area after the Copenhagen metropolitan area. The area consists of 17 municipalities

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