Until January 1, 2007 Rougsø 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

Municipalities of Denmark

This is a list of Municipalities of Denmark.-Region Hovedstaden:* Albertslund Municipality* Allerød Municipality* Ballerup Municipality* Bornholm Regional Municipality* Brøndby Municipality* Copenhagen Municipality* Dragør Municipality* Egedal Municipality...

) in the former Aarhus County

Aarhus County

Aarhus County or Århus County is a former county in central Denmark on the Jutland peninsula. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when almost all of it merged into Region Midtjylland . A very small portion was merged into Region Nordjylland...

 on the east coast 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 central 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...

. It covered an area of 224 km², and had a total population of 8.078 (2005). Its last mayor was Torben Jensen. The site of its municipal council was Allingåbro. Other towns in the municipality were Gjesing, Holbæk, Nørager, Vivild

Vivild (town)

Vivild is a town located in Jutland, Denmark, with a population of 795 . It is a part of Norddjurs Municipality....

, and Ørsted.

Rougsø municipality ceased to exist due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was combined with existing Nørre Djurs

Nørre Djurs municipality

Until January 1, 2007 Nørre Djurs municipality was a municipality in the former Aarhus County on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 237 km², and had a total population of 7.663...

 and Grenaa

Grenå municipality

Until January 1, 2007, Grenaa municipality or Grenå municipality was a municipality in Aarhus County on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 196 km², and had a total population of 18,641 . Its last mayor was Gert Schou, a member of the...

 municipalities, along with the eastern part of Sønderhald municipality

Sønderhald municipality

Until January 1, 2007 Sønderhald municipality was a municipality in the former Aarhus County in the eastern part of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. It covered an area of 138 km², and had a total population of 8.503 . Its last mayor was Kirsten Wyrtz, a member of the Social Democrats ...

 to form the new Norddjurs municipality

Norddjurs municipality

Norddjurs is a municipality in Region Midtjylland in Denmark. It covers an area of 661 km² and a total population of 38,581 ....

. This created a municipality with an area of 661 km² and a total population of 34,382 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region Midtjylland

Region Midtjylland

Central Denmark Region or Central 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...

("Mid-Jutland Region").

External links

• Norddjurs municipality's official website (Danish only)