Skanderborg Municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark, just southwest of Aarhus and is a part of the East Jutland metropolitan area. It has an area of 429.17 km², and has a population of 58,283 (1 April 2014). Its mayor as of 1 January 2010 is Jørgen Gaarde, representing the Social Democrats political party.