Until 1 January 2007 Langå municipality was a municipality (

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, '' kommune'') in

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on the

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peninsula in central

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. The municipality covered an area of 133 km², and had a total population of 8.396 (2005). Its last mayor was Hanne Nielsen, a member of the

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. The main town and site of its municipal council was the town of Langå. Langå municipality ceased to exist due to ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). The southern part of Langå municipality was merged with

Hadsten Hadsten (locally ) is a railway town in central Denmark with a population of 8,345 (1 January 2023),Hammel Hammel is a town in central Denmark with a population of 6,854 (1 January 2022),Hinnerup Hinnerup, is a small town in East Jutland, Denmark with a population of 8,164 (1 January 2022),Hvorslev Hvorslev is a Danish village of Region Midtjylland with a population of 221 (1 January 2023).Favrskov municipality Favrskov Municipality ( da, Favrskov Kommune, ) is a municipality in Central Denmark Region in Denmark north of Aarhus and is a part of the Aarhus area. According to municipal and regional key figures the municipality covers an area of and had ...

. This created a municipality with an area of 487 km² and a total population of ca. 41,596 (2005). The new municipality belongs to

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("Mid-Jutland Region"). The remainder of Langå municipality was incorporated into an enlarged

Randers municipality Randers Municipality is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 96,559 (as of 1 April 2014). Its mayor, since 1 January ...

External links

Favrskov municipality's website (Danish only)

Randers municipality's website (Danish only)

References

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
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KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
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