Aars Municipality was a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in northern

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

, in the county of North Jutland on the peninsula of

Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

. It was established as a result of the

1970 Danish Municipal Reform The 1970 Danish Municipal Reform was an extensive administrative reform in Denmark which on 1 April 1970 reduced the number of Danish municipalities from 1,098 to 277 and the number of counties from 25 to 14. The reform also abolished the last le ...

and ceased to exist following the Municipal reform of 2007. Today, the region is located within

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 ...

History

The municipality was established by the 1970 reforms which grouped

parishes A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

into municipalities. Aars municipality was made up of the parishes of: Blære, Gislum, Giver, Gundersted, Havbro, Skivum, Ulstrup, Vognsild, and Aars parish. By 2005, the municipality covered an area of 223 km² and had a total population of 13,284. Its final mayor was Knud V. Christensen, a member of the Conservative People's Party. On 1 January 2007 Aars municipality ceased to exist 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 ...

, and Aalestrup municipalities to form the new

, with an area of 815 km² and a total population of 39,176 (2005).

Mayors

* Holger Mikkelsen, 1970–1971 ( Venstre) * Niels Nystrup Haugård, 1971–1974 (Venstre) * Alfred Rask, 1974–1982 (Venstre) * Martin Glerup, 1982–1986 (

Socialdemokratiet The Social Democrats ( , , S) is a Social democracy, social democratic list of political parties in Denmark, political party in Denmark. A member of the Party of European Socialists, the Social Democrats have 50 out of 179 members of the Danish p ...

) * Ejvind Nielsen, 1986–1990 (Venstre) * Per Nørgaard, 1990–2002 (Venstre) * Knud Vældgaard Kristensen, 2002–2007 ( Det Konservative Folkeparti)

Twin cities

* Kopparberg

References

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