Aars Municipality

Aars Municipality Aars Kommune
Coat of arms of Aars Municipality Coat of arms
Aars Municipality's location in Denmark, 1970–2007. Aars Municipality's location in Denmark, 1970–2007.
Country	Denmark
Region	Region of North Jutland
Established	1970
Seat	Aars
Area
• Total	223 km2 (86 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	13,284
• Density	59.6/km2 (154/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	CEST

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 km² 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 km² and a total population of 39,176 (2005).

Mayors

• Holger Mikkelsen, 1970–1971 (Venstre)

  File:Buste af Holger Mikkelsen (1916-1971).jpg

  Bust of Holger Mikkelsen, the first mayor of Aars.

• 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