Before the Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), Aalestrup 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 Viborg County

Viborg County

Viborg Amt is a former county in the north-central part of the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The county was abolished on 1 January 2007, when most of it merged into Region Midtjylland...

 on 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 covered an area of 176 km², and had a total population of 7,631 (2005). Its latest mayor was Rigmor Sandborg.

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

Aalestrup

Aalestrup is a town in Vesthimmerland municipality with a population of 2,760 in Region Nordjylland in Denmark.-External links:*...

. The municipality was located on the eastern shores of the area known as Himmerland

Himmerland

Himmerland is a peninsula in northeastern Jutland, Denmark. It is delimited to the north and the west by the Limfjord, to the east by the Kattegat, and to the south by the Mariager Fjord. The largest city is Aalborg; smaller towns include Hobro, Aars, Løgstør, Støvring and Nibe...

, a part of the Jutland peninsula; the western border of the municipality was partially defined by the waters of Lovn's Broadening (Lovns Bredning).

On January 1, 2007 Aalestrup municipality ceased and was merged with the former Farsø

Farsø

Farsø is a town with a population of 3,253 in Region Nordjylland in Denmark in the Vesthimmerland municipality.Until January 1, 2007, Farsø was also a municipality in North Jutland County. The municipality covered an area of 201 km², and had a total population of 7,991 . Its last mayor was...

, Løgstør

Løgstør

Løgstør is a town with a population of 4,357 and a former municipality in Region Nordjylland on the Jutland Peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality, including the island of Livø, covered an area of , and had a total population of 10,270...

, and Aars

Aars

Aars is a Danish town with a population of 8,010 in the Himmerland area on Jutland. Administratively, it is located in Region Nordjylland in the Vesthimmerland municipality...

 municipalities to form the new Vesthimmerland municipality

Vesthimmerland municipality

Vesthimmerland municipality is a municipality in North Denmark Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 815 km² and a total population of 38,277 ....

. This created a municipality with an area of 815 km² and a total population of 39,176 (2005). The new municipality belongs to the 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").

External links

• Vesthimmerland municipality's official website