Skanderborg, with a population of 13,520,[1] is a town in central Denmark just south of Aarhus. It is more or less a suburb today, located in Skanderborg municipality, Jutland.
Skanderborg municipality has 56.044 inhabitants (2008).
The municipality is also a part of the East Jutland metropolitan area whit 1,2 mio inhabitants. [2].
The town has two churches; one of which used to be part of Skanderborg castle, the traditional hunting retreat of Danish kings during the 12th-16th centuries.
Since 1980, a music festival has been held annually in a forest in the vicinity of Skanderborg, the Skanderborg Festival. It is known as "Denmark’s Most Beautiful Festival".
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Coordinates: 56°02′N 9°56′E / 56.033, 9.933
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