- Aars
Aars is a Danish town in the "
Himmerland " area onJutland . Administratively, it is located inRegion Nordjylland in theVesthimmerland municipality . Aars is renowned for its collection of artwork byPer Kirkeby , politicianSvend Auken , and successful business manJes Lund Bengtsson .Before the "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), Aars municipality was a municipality (Danish, "kommune") in northern
Denmark , in the county ofNorth Jutland on the peninsula ofJutland . The municipality covered an area of 223 km², and had a total population of 13,284 (2005). Its latest mayor was Knud V. Christensen, a member of the Conservative People's Party ("Det Konservative Folkeparti") political party. OnJanuary 1 ,2007 Aars municipality ceased to exist and was merged with the formerFarsø ,Løgstør , and Aalestrup municipalities to form the new Vesthimmerland municipality, with an area of 815 km² and a total population of 39,176 (2005).External links
* [http://www.vesthimmerland.dk Vesthimmerland municipality's official website] da icon
References
* Municipal statistics: [http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta] , delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/region/media/nyekommuner.shtml Eniro new municipalities map]
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