Arden municipality was a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in

North Jutland County North Jutland County () is a former county (Danish: '' amt'') in northern Denmark. It was located on the eastern half of Vendsyssel-Thy and the northernmost part of the Jutland peninsula. It was the largest county in Denmark, but with a relati ...

on the

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 ...

peninsula in northern

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until 1 January 2007. The municipality covered an area of 228 km², and had a total population of 8,513 (2005). Its last mayor was Hans Christian Maarup, a member of the

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(''Socialdemokraterne'')

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. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of

Arden Arden may refer to: Places Australia * Arden Street, North Melbourne, Victoria * Arden railway station, Melbourne Canada * Arden, Ontario Denmark * Arden, Denmark, a town ** Arden Municipality, a former municipality, including the town of Arden ...

. The municipality was created in 1970 due to a ("Municipality Reform") that combined Astrup, Store Arden, Oue-Valsgaard, Rold-Vebbestrup and Rostrup municipalities. On 1 January 2007 Arden municipality ceased to exist as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with former

Hadsund Hadsund () is a town in the eastern part of Jutland with a population of 4,918 (1 January 2025; 5,356 incl. Hadsund South). The town is located by the narrow strait of ''Hadsund,'' along an inlet of the Mariager Fjord. It is situated south of th ...

and

Hobro Hobro () is an old market and railway town in Region Nordjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It has a population of 12,360 (1 January 2025). The town is situated in a hilly terrain at the head of Mariager Fjord, close to the f ...

municipalities, and part of Mariager Municipality to form the new

Mariagerfjord Municipality Mariagerfjord Municipality () is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in North Jutland Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 723.63 km²; (2011) it has a population of 41,606 (2025). On 1 January 2007 Mariagerfjord municipality was cre ...

. This created a municipality with an area of 769 km² and a total population of 43,049 (2005). The new municipality belongs to the

Region Nordjylland The North Jutland Region (), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the traditional counties () an ...

("North Jutland Region").

Attractions

Rold Skov Rold Skov (Rold Forest) is a forest in Himmerland, Denmark. At 8,000 ha (19700 acres), it is the second largest forest in the country, after the Silkeborg Forests. The forest is named after the village of Rold which lies in the southern outskirt ...

(''Rold Forest'') is the best known attraction in Arden municipality.

External links

Mariagerfjord municipality's official website

Notable people

* Thora Daugaard (1874–1951), women's rights activist and pacifist * Jacob Barrett Laursen (born 1994 in Arden) a Danish footballer who plays as a left-back for

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References

* Municipal statistics
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KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
Former municipalities of Denmark Mariagerfjord Municipality {{NJutlandDK-stub