- Hobro
Hobro - population 11,001 (2006) - is a town in
Mariagerfjord municipality inRegion Nordjylland on theJutland peninsula in northernDenmark .Hobro was until
January 1 ,2007 also a municipality (Danish, "kommune") inNorth Jutland County covering an area of 166 km² and with a total population of 15,318 (2005). Its last mayor was Jørgen Pontoppidan, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.Hobro municipality ceased to exist due to "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Arden,
Hadsund , and Mariager municipalities to form the new Mariagerfjord municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 769 km² and a total population of 43,049 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region Nordjylland ("North Jutland Region").External links
* [http://www.mariagerfjord.dk/ Mariagerfjord 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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