- Rosenholm Municipality
Until
January 1 ,2007 Rosenholm municipality was a municipality (Danish, "kommune") in the formerAarhus County on the east coast of theJutland peninsula in centralDenmark just north of Aarhus and is more or less a suburb today. The municipality covered an area of 141 km², and had a total population of 10.325 (2005). Its last mayor was Richard Volander, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town ofHornslet .Rosenholm municipality ceased to exist as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Ebeltoft, Midtdjurs, and Rønde municipalities to form the new
Syddjurs municipality . This created a municipality with an area of 693 km² and a total population of 40,196 (2005). The new municipality belongs toRegion Midtjylland ("Mid-Jutland Region").Attractions
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Rosenholm Castle External links
* [http://www.syddjurs.dk Syddjurs municipality's official website (Danish only)]
* [http://www.visitdjursland.com/show.asp?id=195 South Djurs tourism bureau]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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