Vinderup

Vinderup is a town and a former municipality (Danish, "kommune") in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The former Vinderup municipality covered an area of 224 km², and had a total population of 8,035 (2005). Its last mayor was Holger Hedegaard, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.

The municipality was created in 1970 due to a "kommunalreform" ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing parishes:
* Ejsing Parish
* Handbjerg Parish
* Ryde Parish
* Sahl Parish
* Sevel Parish
* Trandum Parish
* Vinderup Parish

On January 1, 2007 Vinderup municipality ceased to exist due to "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Holstebro and Ulfborg-Vemb municipalities to form an enlarged Holstebro municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 790 km² and a total population of 56,204.

External links

* [http://www.holstebro.dk/ Holstebro municipality's official website (Danish only)] ą

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]