Aarhus, or Århus (Danish pronunciation: [ˈɒːhus, ˈɒːhuːˀs] ( listen)), is the second largest city and the principal port of Denmark, situated on the eastside of the peninsula of [[Jutland]in the geographical center of Denmark]. Aarhus is the seat of the council of Aarhus municipality with 303,318 inhabitants and 239,865 in the inner urban area, and app. 800.000 inhabitants within 1/2 hour transport.(StorÅrhus) the city claims the unofficial titl...
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Aarhus, or Århus (Danish pronunciation: [ˈɒːhus, ˈɒːhuːˀs] ( listen)), is the second largest city and the principal port of Denmark, situated on the eastside of the peninsula of [[Jutland]in the geographical center of Denmark]. Aarhus is the seat of the council of Aarhus municipality with 303,318 inhabitants and 239,865 in the inner urban area, and app. 800.000 inhabitants within 1/2 hour transport.(StorÅrhus) the city claims the unofficial title "Capital of Jutland".
Aarhus is the main and biggest city in the East Jutland metropolitan area (Danish: Byregion Østjylland). which is a co-operation in the eastern Jutland with 17 Municipalities .
During the Middle Ages the city was called Arus, and in Icelandic chronicles, it was known as Áróss. It is a compound of the two words ār, genitive of ā ("river", Modern Danish å) and ōss ("mouth", obsolete in Modern Danish; in Modern Icelandic this word is still used for "river delta"). The city is located on the mouth of the small river,...
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