Aars Municipality
# Aars Municipality

Aars Municipality was a municipality (Danish, kommune) in northern Denmark, in the county of North Jutland on the peninsula of Jutland. It was established as a result of the 1970 Danish Municipal Reform and ceased to exist following the Municipal reform of 2007. Today, the region is located within Vesthimmerland Municipality.

## History

The municipality was established by the 1970 reforms which grouped parishes into municipalities. Aars municipality was made up of the parishes of: Blære, Gislum, Giver, Gundersted, Havbro, Skivum, Ulstrup, Vognsild, and Aars parish.

By 2005, the municipality covered an area of 223 $km^2$ and had a total population of 13,284. Its final mayor was Knud V. Christensen, a member of the Conservative People's Party. On 1 January 2007 Aars municipality ceased to exist and was merged with the former Farsø, Løgstør, and Aalestrup municipalities to form the new Vesthimmerland Municipality, with an area of 815 $km^2$ and a total population of 39,176 (2005).

## Mayors

* Holger Mikkelsen, 1970–1971 (Venstre)
* Niels Nystrup Haugård, 1971–1974 (Venstre)
* Alfred Rask, 1974–1982 (Venstre)
* Martin Glerup, 1982–1986 (Socialdemokratiet)
* Ejvind Nielsen, 1986–1990 (Venstre)
* Per Nørgaard, 1990–2002 (Venstre)
* Knud Vældgaard Kristensen, 2002–2007 (Det Konservative Folkeparti)

## Twin cities

* Kopparberg
