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
Country	Denmark
Region	Region of North Jutland
Seat	Aars
Government
• Mayor	Knud Vældgaard Kristensen
Area
• Total	223 km^2 (86 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	13,284
• Density	60/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC1 (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

•  Kopparberg^[1]

References

1. Nyvold, Mads. . nordjyske.dk. Nordjyske. Archived from the original on 2017-04-22. Retrieved 2017-07-07.

• Municipal mergers and neighbors:

Coordinates: 56°48′16″N 9°30′37″E / 56.804489°N 9.510164°E / 56.804489; 9.510164