Before the Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), Aabybro Municipality was a municipality (Danish

Danish language

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...

, kommune) in North Jutland County

North Jutland County

North Jutland County is a former county 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 relatively low population. The county seat was Aalborg, Denmark's fourth largest...

 on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy

Vendsyssel-Thy

The North Jutlandic Island , Vendsyssel-Thy, or simply Jutland north of the Limfjord are lesser-used names for the northernmost part of Denmark and of Jutland. It is more common to refer to the three traditional districts Vendsyssel, Hanherred and Thy...

, part of the Jutland

Jutland

Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...

 peninsula, in northern Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. The municipality included several small islands in the Limfjord

Limfjord

The Limfjord is a shallow sound in Denmark that separates the island of Vendsyssel-Thy from the rest of the Jutland Peninsula. It extends from Thyborøn Channel on the North Sea to Hals on the Kattegat. It is approximately 180 kilometres long and of an irregular shape with several bays, narrowings,...

, the waterway that separates the main body of the Jutland peninsula from the island of Vendsyssel-Thy, including Tagholme. Because Aabybro municipality was located on the north shore of the Limfjord, its southern neighbor Aalborg, which is partially located on the Jutland mainland, is partly separated from Aabybro by water. The waters in this area are called Gjøl Bredning. The cove

Cove

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 Vejlen helps to define part of its southern border.
The Aabybro Municipality covered an area of 171 km², and had a total population of 11,388 (2005). Its latest mayor was Ole Lykkegaard Andersen, a member of the Venstre

Venstre (Denmark)

VenstreThe party name is officially not translated into any other language, but is in English often referred to as the Liberal Party. Similar rules apply for the name of the party's youth wing Venstres Ungdom. , full name Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti , is the largest political party in Denmark...

 (Liberal Party) political party

Politics of Denmark

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.

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

Aabybro

Aabybro is a town in Jammerbugt municipality in Denmark. In 1953, its population was 1,188; by 1960 it had risen to 1,346 and by 2011 to 5,382....

.

On January 1, 2007 Aabybro municipality was merged with existing Brovst

Brovst

Brovst is a town with a population of 2,778 in Jammerbugt municipality in northern Jutland in the Region Nordjylland. To the north is Jammer Bay , and beyond that the Skagerrak, the strait that separates Denmark from Norway....

, Fjerritslev

Fjerritslev

Fjerritslev is a town in Jammerbugt Municipality, Region Nordjylland in Denmark. The town's population is 3,403 .Until 1 January 2007, Fjerritslev was the municipal seat of the former Fjerritslev Municipality.-External links:* -References:...

, and Pandrup

Pandrup

Pandrup is a town with a population of 2,846 until 1 January 2007 in North Jutland County, now in the North Denmark Region on the northwest coast of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark...

 municipalities to form the new Jammerbugt municipality

Jammerbugt municipality

Jammerbugt is a municipality in North Denmark Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 863 km² and a total population of 38,957 ....

. This created a municipality with an area of 863 km² and a total population of 38,864 (2005). The new municipality will belong to the new Region Nordjylland

Region Nordjylland

North Denmark Region or North Jutland Region is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities were merged into larger...

("North Jutland Region").