Hals Municipality

Hals Municipality

Hals is a town in Region Nordjylland's Aalborg municipality on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark.

Until January 1, 2007, Hals was also a municipality (Danish, "kommune") in North 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 of Gandrup.

Hals municipality ceased to exist due to "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Nibe, Sejlflod, and Aalborg 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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