Aars Municipality

Aars Municipality was formed by Kommunalreformen in 1970, which made the parishes into municipalities. Before the Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform") of 2007, it was a municipality (Danish, kommune) in northern Denmark, in the county of North Jutland on the peninsula of Jutland. The municipality covers an area of 223 km², and had a total population of 13,284 (2005). Its latest mayor was Knud V. Christensen, a member of the Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) political party. On January 1, 2007 Aars municipality ceased to exist and was merged with the former Farsø, Løgstør, and Aalestrup municipalities to form the new Vesthimmerland Municipality, with an area of 815 km² and a total population of 39,176 (2005).

Aars Municipality

Aara Kommune
Coat of arms
CountryDenmark
RegionRegion of North Jutland
SeatAars
Government
 • MayorKnud Vældgaard Kristensen
Area
 • Total223 km2 (86 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total13,284
 • Density60/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)CEST

Mayors
Period Name Party
1970–1971 Holger Mikkelsen Venstre
1971-1974 Niels Nystrup Haugård Venstre
1974-1982 Alfred Rask Venstre
1982-1986 Martin Glerup Socialdemokratiet
1986-1990 Ejvind Nielsen Venstre
1990-2002 Per Nørgaard Venstre
2002-2007 Knud Vældgaard Kristensen Det Konservative Folkeparti

The parishes

Aars municipality was made up of the following parishes:

  • Blære parish
  • Gislum parish
  • Giver parish
  • Gundersted parish
  • Havbro parish
  • Skivum parish
  • Ulstrup parish
  • Vognsild parish
  • Aars parish

Many of them came from the Aars district in the Aalborg Amt.

Twin cities

References
  1. Nyvold, Mads. "Venskabsbyer bryder op". nordjyske.dk. Nordjyske. Archived from the original on 2017-04-22. Retrieved 2017-07-07.

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