Rebild Municipality () is a ''
kommune'' in the
North Jutland Region
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of
Denmark
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. It covers an area of 628 km
2 and has a total population of 30,942 (2025).
On 1 January 2007, Rebild Municipality was created as the result of
''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of
Nørager,
Skørping and
Støvring
Støvring is a town in Rebild municipality in Region Nordjylland in the geographic region of the Jutland peninsula known as ''Himmerland'' in northern Denmark. The town has a population of 9,584 (2025), and is one of the centres of industry and ret ...
.
Danes and descendants of emigrants have celebrated the U.S.
Independence Day
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with barbecues, square dancing and country music outside Rebild, a village 155 miles northwest of Copenhagen. The land that today comprises
Rebild National Park, south of
Aalborg
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, was bought by Americans of Danish descent and donated to the people and nation of Denmark with a single codicil- that July 4 be celebrated there every year. There are speeches and fireworks and parades, attended by Americans and Danes. It is a pretty amusing approximation of US celebrations.
There is also a small museum called The Lincoln Blokhuset (Log Cabin) that is far grander than anything
Abraham Lincoln
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lived in until he was elected president.
Locations
Politics
Municipal council
Rebild's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the
Municipal Reform of 2007.
See also
*
Ravnkilde
*
Rebild Festival
References
* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta delivered fro
KMDaka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map* 4 July
External links
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{{Authority control
Municipalities of the North Jutland Region
Municipalities of Denmark
Populated places established in 2007