Aalestrup Municipality was a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in
Viborg County
Viborg County () is a former county ( Danish: '' amt'') in the north-central part of the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The county was abolished on 1 January 2007, when most of it merged into Region Midtjylland
The Central Denmark Re ...
,
Denmark
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which existed from 1970 until it ceased to exist as a result of the Municipal reform of 2007. Today the region is part of
Vesthimmerland Municipality
Vesthimmerland Municipality () is a '' kommune'' in the North Jutland Region of Denmark. It covers an area of 768,08 km² (2013) and has a total population of 35,818 (2025). The Municipality borders Jammerbugt Municipality to the south and to ...
in the
North Jutland Region
The North Jutland Region (), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an Regions of Denmark, administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, 2007 Danish municipal refor ...
.
The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of
Aalestrup
Aalestrup is a town in Vesthimmerland Municipality with a population of 2,763 (1 January 2025) in Region Nordjylland in Denmark.
Facilities
Aalestrup School has 294 students, divided into 0.-6. Class stage, as well as the SFO Kvisten. After gra ...
. The municipality was located on the eastern shores of the area known as ''
Himmerland
Himmerland is a peninsula in northeastern Jutland, Denmark. It is delimited to the north and the west by the Limfjord, to the east by the Kattegat, and to the south by the Mariager Fjord. The largest city is Aalborg; smaller towns include Hobro, ...
'', a part of the Jutland peninsula; the western border of the municipality was partially defined by the waters of Lovn's Broadening (''Lovns Bredning'').
History
By 2005, the municipality covered an area of 176 km2, and had a total population of 7,631. Its final mayor was Rigmor Sandborg. On 1 January 2007 Aalestrup municipality ceased and was merged with the former
Farsø
Farsø is a town with a population of 3,352 (1 January 2025) in Region Nordjylland in Denmark in the Vesthimmerland Municipality. Farsø was the birthplace of Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944. The village ...
,
Løgstør
Løgstør is a town in Denmark with a population of 3,969 (1 January 2025) It is located 47 km west of Aalborg and 64 km north of Viborg. Løgstør's city centre consists of old streets with small houses built in the 19th century for fishermen an ...