- Hals Municipality
Hals is a town in
Region Nordjylland 'sAalborg municipality on the east coast of theJutland peninsula in northernDenmark .Until
January 1 ,2007 , Hals was also a municipality (Danish, "kommune") inNorth Jutland County The municipality covered an area of 191 km², and had a total population of 11,448 (2005). Its last mayor was Bent Sørensen, a member of the Social Democrats ("Socialdemokraterne") political party. Though Hals was the biggest town, the site of its municipal council was the town ofGandrup .Hals municipality ceased to exist due to "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with
Nibe ,Sejlflod , andAalborg municipalities to form the new Aalborg municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 1,171 km² and a total population of ca. 192,353.External links
* [http://www.aalborg.dk/ Aalborg municipality's website]
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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