- Galten Municipality
Until
January 1 ,2007 , Galten municipality was a municipality (Danish, "kommune") inAarhus County in the eastern part of theJutland peninsula in centralDenmark . The municipality covered an area of 72,73 km², and had a total population of 11.086 (2005). Its last mayor was Jens Grønlund, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The site of its municipal council was the town ofGalten .The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a "kommunalreform" ("Municipality Reform") that combined the following
parish es: Galten, Sjelle, Skivholme, Skovby, Skørring, Stjær, and Storring parishes.Galten municipality ceased to exist as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing Hørning, Ry, and Skanderborg municipalities to form the new Skanderborg municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 416 km² and a total population of 49,469 (2005) in
Region Midtjylland .External links
* [http://www.skanderborg.dk Skanderborg 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 merges and neighbors: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/region/media/nyekommuner.shtml Eniro new municipalities map]
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