Tjele Municipality

Until 1 January 2007 Tjele municipality was a municipality (Danish, kommune) in the former Viborg County on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark.

The municipality covered an area of 273 km2, and had a total population of 8,641 (2005).

Its last mayor was Anna Margrethe Kaalund.

It was merged with Bjerringbro, Fjends, Karup, Møldrup, and Viborg municipalities to form an enlarged Viborg municipality.

This created a municipality with an area of 1,390 km2 and a total population of 88,945 (2005).