- Tjele Municipality
Until
January 1 ,2007 Tjele municipality was a municipality (Danish, "kommune") in the formerViborg County on theJutland peninsula in northernDenmark . The municipality covered an area of 273 km², and had a total population of 8,641 (2005). Its last mayor was Anna Margrethe Kaalund. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Ørum.Tjele municipality ceased to exist as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Bjerringbro, Fjends, Karup, Møldrup, and Viborg municipalities to form an enlarged Viborg municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 1,390 km² and a total population of 88,945 (2005). The municipality belongs to
Region Midtjylland ("Mid-Jutland Region").External links
* [http://www.viborg.dk Viborg municipality's official website (Danish only)] ]
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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