- Langå Municipality
Until
January 1 ,2007 Langå municipality was a municipality (Danish, "kommune") inAarhus County on theJutland peninsula in centralDenmark . The municipality covered an area of 133 km², and had a total population of 8.396 (2005). Its last mayor was Hanne Nielsen, a member of the Social Democrats ("Socialdemokraterne") political party. The main town and site of its municipal council was the town ofLangå .Langå municipality ceased to exist due to "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). The southern part of Langå municipality was merged with Hadsten, Hammel, Hinnerup, and Hvorslev municipalities to form the new
Favrskov municipality . This created a municipality with an area of 487 km² and a total population of ca. 41,596 (2005). The new municipality belongs toRegion Midtjylland ("Mid-Jutland Region"). The remainder of Langå municipality was incorporated into an enlargedRanders municipality .External links
* [http://www.favrskov.dk/ Favrskov municipality's website (Danish only)]
* [http://www.randers.dk/ Randers municipality's 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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